Directing
Ahmet Uluçay
Born — Died
1954-12-01 — 2009-11-30
Place of birth
Kütahya, Turkey
Known for
Directing
Credits
27 titles
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 "O…
Known for
7.9In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.
Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds
2004
8.0A short film by Turkish director Ahmet Uluçay
Optical Dreams
1993
6.8Ahmet Uluçay's last short film before "Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds"
Exorcist
2000
No synopsis available yet.
Making Wings from Crutches
1993
NRThe passion to describe every moment of one's life through images - Could it give the power to struggle against all kinds of obstacles to someone fascinated by cinema? Ahmet Uluçay, well-known by his idiosyncratic short films and his only feature film "Boats out of Watermelon Rinds", had to face the fact that he had a brain tumor, and had his first operation 12 years ago. This documentary film, in accordance with Uluçay's life between reality and dream, draws us from the half-lit corridors of a hospital to the village, to childhood and dreams, and into the world of a passionate cinéaste.
A Dream School in the Steppes
2015
A short film by Ahmet Uluçay.
Kaza
2007
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.9In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.
Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds
2004
7.9In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.
Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds
2004
8.0A short film by Turkish director Ahmet Uluçay
Optical Dreams
1993
8.0A short film by Turkish director Ahmet Uluçay
Optical Dreams
1993
6.8Ahmet Uluçay's last short film before "Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds"
Exorcist
2000
6.8Ahmet Uluçay's last short film before "Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds"
Exorcist
2000
6.8Ahmet Uluçay's last short film before "Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds"
Exorcist
2000
No synopsis available yet.
Making Wings from Crutches
1993
No synopsis available yet.
Making Wings from Crutches
1993
A short film by Ahmet Uluçay.
Kaza
2007
No synopsis available yet.
Epileptic Film
1998
No synopsis available yet.
Epileptic Film
1998
No synopsis available yet.
Epileptic Film
1998
No synopsis available yet.
Dream in Miniature Cosmos
1995
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Dream in Miniature Cosmos
1995
No synopsis available yet.
Dream in Miniature Cosmos
1995
No synopsis available yet.
Our Village's Middle Place is Cinema
1995
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Our Village's Middle Place is Cinema
1995
No synopsis available yet.
Eid Morning in Our Village
1998
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Eid Morning in Our Village
1998
No synopsis available yet.
Pearl in the Deeper Sea
1996
No synopsis available yet.
Pearl in the Deeper Sea
1996
No synopsis available yet.
The Picture of Feature Length
1999
No synopsis available yet.
The Picture of Feature Length
1999