Ozan Açıktan

Ozan Açıktan is a Turkish cinema director and screenwriter, born in Eskişehir in 1978. He is known for his films such as Among the Family, My Mother's Wound and New Year's Eve, and for directing the Netflix series Atiye.

He started his career with short films and worked as a commercial film director for a long time. His early work includes Marlins (2004), which he wrote and directed.

Cinema and TV series works

His first feature film was Çok Film Movements These, released in 2010. This is followed by Sen Kimsin (Who Are You), for which he also wrote the script. (2012) and Silsile (2014) followed. In 2016, he shot My Mother's Wound, and in 2017 he shot the comedy Aile Araında, which reached a wide audience.

In 2019, he was among the directors of Netflix's Turkish production Atiye series. In the following years, he directed the films One Ticket for Tomorrow (2020), Last Summer (2021) and New Year's Eve (2022). He appeared in front of the camera and played a small role in the TV series Anonymous Lovers, which was released on Netflix in 2025.

He is a director who has worked in different genres ranging from comedy to drama and youth films.