Yüksel Aksu

Yüksel Aksu was born in 1966 in Ula district of Muğla. His interest in cinema was further strengthened by the education he received at the Cinema and Television Department of Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts. While he graduated from the same department in 1993, he also completed his master's degree. Aksu, who started his directing career with short films and documentaries, later started working in television series.

In 2005, he had a big breakthrough with the movie Dondurmam Gaymak, which he produced, directed and wrote. Thanks to this work, he received many awards both at home and abroad. Continuing his academic life, Aksu teaches at Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication. The artist married Deniz Barut in May 2025.

Yüksel Aksu's filmography is quite extensive. While the documentaries include Underground Kadir and Sinema Çetesi, Maksat Namım Yürüsün and The Last Nomads of Anatolia, Sarıkeçililer, there is also only one short film, Encounter in the Labyrinth of Time. attracts attention. His feature films include I Dondurmam Gaymak, Entelköy Against Efeköy, Iftarlık Soda and Cem Karaca's Tears.

Aksu, who also took part in various projects in the television world, took part in TV series such as Yasemince, Yıldır Hikâyesi and Leyla ile Mecnun.

Yüksel Aksu, who has a career full of success, was deemed worthy of many awards at various festivals. He won the Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay awards at the 23rd Ankara Film Festival with his movie Entelköy Against Efeköy. His documentary titled The Last Nomads of Anatolia, Sarıkeçililer received the Best Documentary award at the 47th Golden Orange Film Festival. Dondurmam Gaymak was honored with multiple awards in many local and international festivals.

Yüksel Aksu was born in 1966 in Muğla, Türkiye.

Productions in which he took part

• Anatomy of Chaos (2025) — Mehmet
• On Dry Herbs (2023) — Vahit
• Ulak (2008) — Mehmet
• Hicran Street (2007) — Nazif
• Rattleball (2009)
• Entelköy vs. Efeköy (2011) — Narrator Comos
• While the Grass Turns Yellow
• Goodbye (2000) — Hüsnü
• Mixed Pizza (1998)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.