Reis Çelik

Reis Çelik, who was born in Ardahan in 1961, immigrated to Istanbul after completing his primary and secondary school education. While he studied music at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory in the city, he also completed the International Economy department at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics. Çelik, who started his journalism career at the newspaper Dünya, later worked as a reporter at the newspaper Günaydın for more than ten years and took part in the Video Newspaper project, Turkey's first private television initiative, in 1984; He undertook the directorship of this project and launched a similar broadcast called "Video Greetings from Turkey" in Germany.

After his years as a journalist, he stepped into the world of cinema by directing commercials and 12 documentaries. Çelik, who never lost his interest in photography, opened photography exhibitions in 12 different countries. He was among the founders of ATV television in 1992 and produced many programs. In 1995, he ended all his activities in the fields of journalism, television and advertising and focused entirely on cinema; A year later, in 1996, he formalized his cinema career with his first feature film titled "Işıklar Sönmesin".

Reis Çelik's cinema portfolio includes "Nazım Hikmet Visitor" (1992), "Goodbye Tomorrow" (1998), "Stubborn Stories" (2003), "Refugee" (2007), "To Shoot a Film in spite of you" (2010), "Lal Gece" (2012), "F Tipi Film" (2013) and "Ölü Ekmeği" (2019). It includes many important productions such as. With his movie "Işıklar Sönmesin", he won the Bilge Olgaç Special Award at the 10th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, as well as the "Best Film" and "Best Director" awards from the 1996 Magazine Journalists Association.

Çelik, who was attacked in front of the Vakko store on Istanbul Istiklal Street on April 21, 2005, was seriously injured in his cheek and abdomen. However, his success in cinema continued after this trauma; He was awarded with international recognitions such as the Audience Jury Award at the 19th Golden Boll Film Festival, Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, Best Film at the Nuremberg TD Film Festival (Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress) and Best Film at the Würzburg Film Festival for his film "Lal Gece".

In addition, it has won the Special Jury Award at the Buster International Film Festival (Denmark), the Best Actor and Audience Award at the International Golden Boll Film Festival (Turkey), the Best Asian/Mid-Spring Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan), and awards in the fields of directing, acting and screenplay at various festivals such as Mar del Plata, Hanoi, Vesoul, Yekaterinburg, Dublin, London and Cyprus, as well as Berlinale. strengthened its representation.

Productions in which he took part

• Piece by Piece – A Tuncel Kurtiz Biography (2025)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.