Serdar Akar

Serdar Akar was born on October 13, 1964 in Ankara. The director, whose interest in cinema became more evident during his high school years, studied at Mimar Sinan University Cinema-TV Department to carry this passion further and graduated from there in 2000.

Akar, who stepped into professional life while he was still a student, worked as an assistant director in the film Med-Cezir Manzaraları directed by Mahinur Ergun in 1990. Then he had the opportunity to work with masters; He assisted Orhan Oğuz, Tunca Yönder, Kadir Sözen, Mustafa Altıoklar and Erden Kıral. He directed many television series from 1994 to 1997, and in the same period, he made his first short film, Tanabata Matsuri.

In 1998, he started to make a name for himself in the world of cinema with Gemide and Laleli'de Bir Azize, for which he both wrote the script and directed. In 2000, he both wrote and directed Short Passages in a Dar Area, which has autobiographical elements. A year later, he shot Maruf, and later, Akar, who was influenced by his grandfather's cinema tradition, left the "New Filmmakers" community established with this understanding.

The director, who has been focusing on television projects since this period, took the helm of Kurtlar Vadisi Iraq in 2005 and brought his first feature-length script to the screen. In the same year, he founded his own production company, Filmakar, and came to the fore again with the movie Barda in 2006.

Akar, who founded Adam Film with Tarkan Karlıdağ in 2007, directed the TV series Elveda Rumeli in the summer of the same year. In November, he launched Tiyatroadam under the umbrella of Adam Film and supervised the play Colonel Kuş. In 2009, he shot Wings of the Night, starring Beren Saat and Erkan Petekkaya. In 2010-2011, Behzat Ç.

An Ankara Detective TV series and its sequels by Behzat Ç. I Buried You in My Heart with Behzat Ç. He directed Ankara Yaniyor. Afterwards, he took part in TV series such as Inadına Yaşamak and Cinayet. In 2013, he directed the movie Çanakkale: Yolin Sonu with Kemal Uzun. In 2017, he became the name behind the TV series Payitaht Abdulhamid.

Continuing his academic career, Akar continues to teach as a lecturer at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Cinema and Television.

Productions in which he took part

• Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Crime Story (2010) — Meyhaneci
• Farewell Rumelia (2007) — Kadı Efendi
• Sıdıka (1997)
• Destiny (2001)
• Bar (2007) — Prisoners 5
• Maruf (2001) — Major

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.