Aslıhan Ünaldı

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Aslıhan Ünaldı
Aslıhan Ünaldı in the Mostra de València.
Born
Alma materYale University
New York University's Tisch School of Arts

Aslıhan Ünaldı is a Turkish cinema screenwriter, director and producer.[1]

Born and raised in Istanbul,[2][1] Ünaldı has been living in the United States since she was 18 years old.[3] After studying Photography and International Relations at Yale University, she went on to receive her MFA in Film from New York University's acclaimed Tisch School of the Arts.[1]

Ünaldı's first short film, Razan,[4] premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2006 and went on to screen at dozens of prestiguous festivals worldwide.[3]

In 2011, Ünaldı premiered her first environmental feature documentary, Overdrive: Istanbul in the New Millennium.[3][5] In 2023, she premiered her feature film, Suyun Üstü / Afloat,[6][7] a thriller set in a boat sailing the Aegean Sea.[8]

Ünaldı has also written scripts such as Skate Kitchen, premiered at Sundance in 2018, and Young Wrestlers, premiered at the Berlinale in 2016.[3] In addition, she teaches Screenwriting in the graduate film programs of Columbia University[9] and NYU Tisch.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Unaldi, Aslihan – Filmmaker". DCEFF. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. ^ "Aslihan Unaldi | School of the Arts". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  3. ^ a b c d "Aslihan Unaldi". Film Independent. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  4. ^ Habertürk. "Aslıhan Ünaldı filmini bitirmeli/ Heja Bozyel'in yazısı". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  5. ^ ""Em Istambul, a população está ciente do problema de mobilidade, mas desconhece soluções"". www.mobilize.org.br. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  6. ^ "Ashilan Ünaldi: "Necesitamos más sexo y menos violencia en el cine de Oriente Medio"". Cultur Plaza (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  7. ^ "Aslıhan Ünaldı İmzalı "Suyun Üstü" Altın Koza Film Festivali'nde". Artfulliving. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  8. ^ Luna, Emilio. "Crítica: Afloat". El antepenultimo mohicano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  9. ^ https://arts.columbia.edu/directory/aslihan-unaldi
  10. ^ https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/grad-film/1408346589