Zeynep Dadak

Zeynep Dadak is a Turkish director, screenwriter and cinema critic who was born in Balıkesir in 1978. He is known for Mavi Wave, which he wrote and directed with Merve Kayan, and his documentary Ah Güzel İstanbul.

After graduating from Marmara University Radio-Television-Cinema department, he completed his master's degree in cinema-television at Bilgi University. He then received his doctorate in Cinema Studies from New York University. In addition to his academic studies, he shot music videos, short films and documentaries. He wrote for Altyazı Monthly Cinema Magazine for many years and was on the editorial board of the magazine.

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Her first feature, Blue Wave, is about the adolescence of a young girl growing up on the Aegean coast. The film, co-signed with Kayan, received the best screenplay, best first film and best editing awards at the 50th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in 2013; It was released in Türkiye in the spring of 2014.

Ah Beautiful Istanbul, which he completed in 2020, is the director's first feature-length documentary. Dadak stands out as a name that continues his filmmaking along with writing and criticism.