About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1954-12-01
Place of birth:
Kütahya, Turkey
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Ahmet Uluçay

Overview

He was born in 1954 in Tepecik village of Tavsanli district of Kütahya. During his childhood, even before he knew about the invention of the cinematograph, he thought that photography could move. He got to know the cinema thanks to the traveling film screening team that came to the village. When he was 12 years old, he decided to build a movie camera with his friend Ismail Mutlu. After three years, he combined the film fragments he collected and organized small screenings for the village people.

Ulucay, who formed the "Tepecik Köyü Arkadas Sinema Grubu" with his friend Mutlu, who was engaged in poultry farming in the village, and his friend Serif Akarsu, a miner, completed his first film "Optik Dusler" (1992) with his friends using a VHS camera they bought from an expatriate living in Germany.

In addition to his film work, he worked as a truck driver and construction worker to make ends meet.

Ulucay, who also worked as a porter in a feed factory to make a living while shooting his first feature film "Karpuz Kabugundan Gemiler Yapmak", inspired by his childhood, received nearly 40 awards in Turkey and abroad with this film.

He helped Nuri Bilge Ceylan in the shooting of the movie 'Mayis Sikintisi'.

Ahmet Ulucay's film "Karpuz Kabugundan Gemiler Yapmak" won the grand prize of the 26th Montpellier Mediterranean Films Festival. "Karpuz Kabugundan Gemiler Yapmak", which was selected as the "Best Film" at the Istanbul Film Festival, received the "Golden Conch", the second best award, at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

He could not continue shooting the movie "Bozkirda Deniz Kabugu", which he started shooting in 2007, due to health problems. Ulucay, a father of two children, wrote novels as well as his poems published in some magazines. He received many awards at national and international festivals with his films. While he was being treated in Istanbul for a brain tumor, he caught pneumonia and died on November 30, 2009.

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Known for

Acting
2015 A Dream School in the Steppes Actor Self N/A
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2004 Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds Actor Berber 60
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1999 The Picture of Feature Length Actor Ahmet Uluçay N/A
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Directing
2004 Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds Directing Director 60
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2000 Exorcist Directing Director N/A
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1999 The Picture of Feature Length Directing Director N/A
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1998 Eid Morning in Our Village Directing Director N/A
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1998 Epileptic Film Directing Director N/A
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1996 İnci Deniz Dibinde Directing Director N/A
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1995 Dream in Miniature Cosmos Directing Director N/A
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1995 Our Village's Middle Place is Cinema Directing Director N/A
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1993 Making Wings from Crutches Directing Director N/A
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1993 Optical Dreams Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2004 Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds Writing Writer 60
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2000 Exorcist Writing Writer N/A
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1999 The Picture of Feature Length Writing Writer N/A
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1998 Epileptic Film Writing Writer N/A
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1998 Eid Morning in Our Village Writing Writer N/A
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1996 İnci Deniz Dibinde Writing Writer N/A
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1995 Our Village's Middle Place is Cinema Writing Writer N/A
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1995 Dream in Miniature Cosmos Writing Writer N/A
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1993 Optical Dreams Writing Writer N/A
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1993 Making Wings from Crutches Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2000 Exorcist Production Producer N/A
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1998 Epileptic Film Production Producer N/A
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1995 Dream in Miniature Cosmos Production Producer N/A
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Camera
1998 Epileptic Film Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
1999 Clouds of May Crew Thanks 60
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