
Directing
Umut Evirgen
Born
1990-02-26 (36)
Place of birth
Istanbul, Turkey
Known for
Directing
Credits
11 titles
Umut Evirgen was born in Istanbul in 1990. He studied business at Berkeley College and finished his M.A. in film and television at Istanbul Bilgi University. His first short film Fine Dying was selected to the 33rd Edmonton Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying). He established Set Sanat Production Company to bring to life his own projects in 2019. His first feature film I am the Sea, which he wrote and directed, was invited to the Rhode Island and Edmonton Film Festivals and made its debut at the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. His second feature film, Meeting Point, premiered at the 37th Warsaw International Film Festival in 2021. Mommy’s Lambie, his third feature film, made its Turkish premier…
Known for
7.3At thirty, and in prison Murat can’t shake his memories and nightmares. He has internalized his mom’s childhood traumas as if his own. His mom expected him to grow up and to save her, while his father, married to another woman, wanted to make a man out of him at age seven. His circumcision festivity, a night supposedly organized for his joy became his hell.
Mommy’s Lambie
2023
3.1A man in his fifties, a woman in her twenties, as different as you can possibly imagine. They meet by chance. They will spend a few extremely important hours together…
Meeting Point
2021
4.3Deniz (Sea), is a 20 year old boy who makes a living by gathering discarded cardboards for his father's recycling business. He returns to the warehouse empty handed every time unlike the Syrian refugees and gets scolded by his father. One day he enters a construction site, in order to collect more cardboard. There he meets Nisan (April), a young girl who will change the course of his life. He urgently needs to find some money in order to be with her. Once his dad refuses to help, he would have to figure out an alternative solution.
I Am The Sea
2020
4.6Vegan Chef Arthur, who is afraid of hurting even one insect in his daily life, does not hesitate to slaughter animals alive in the kitchen and sacrifice everything for the sake of taste.
Fine Dying
2019
Behind the camera
7.3At thirty, and in prison Murat can’t shake his memories and nightmares. He has internalized his mom’s childhood traumas as if his own. His mom expected him to grow up and to save her, while his father, married to another woman, wanted to make a man out of him at age seven. His circumcision festivity, a night supposedly organized for his joy became his hell.
Mommy’s Lambie
2023
7.3At thirty, and in prison Murat can’t shake his memories and nightmares. He has internalized his mom’s childhood traumas as if his own. His mom expected him to grow up and to save her, while his father, married to another woman, wanted to make a man out of him at age seven. His circumcision festivity, a night supposedly organized for his joy became his hell.
Mommy’s Lambie
2023
7.3At thirty, and in prison Murat can’t shake his memories and nightmares. He has internalized his mom’s childhood traumas as if his own. His mom expected him to grow up and to save her, while his father, married to another woman, wanted to make a man out of him at age seven. His circumcision festivity, a night supposedly organized for his joy became his hell.
Mommy’s Lambie
2023
3.1A man in his fifties, a woman in her twenties, as different as you can possibly imagine. They meet by chance. They will spend a few extremely important hours together…
Meeting Point
2021
3.1A man in his fifties, a woman in her twenties, as different as you can possibly imagine. They meet by chance. They will spend a few extremely important hours together…
Meeting Point
2021
3.1A man in his fifties, a woman in her twenties, as different as you can possibly imagine. They meet by chance. They will spend a few extremely important hours together…
Meeting Point
2021
4.3Deniz (Sea), is a 20 year old boy who makes a living by gathering discarded cardboards for his father's recycling business. He returns to the warehouse empty handed every time unlike the Syrian refugees and gets scolded by his father. One day he enters a construction site, in order to collect more cardboard. There he meets Nisan (April), a young girl who will change the course of his life. He urgently needs to find some money in order to be with her. Once his dad refuses to help, he would have to figure out an alternative solution.
I Am The Sea
2020
4.3Deniz (Sea), is a 20 year old boy who makes a living by gathering discarded cardboards for his father's recycling business. He returns to the warehouse empty handed every time unlike the Syrian refugees and gets scolded by his father. One day he enters a construction site, in order to collect more cardboard. There he meets Nisan (April), a young girl who will change the course of his life. He urgently needs to find some money in order to be with her. Once his dad refuses to help, he would have to figure out an alternative solution.
I Am The Sea
2020
4.3Deniz (Sea), is a 20 year old boy who makes a living by gathering discarded cardboards for his father's recycling business. He returns to the warehouse empty handed every time unlike the Syrian refugees and gets scolded by his father. One day he enters a construction site, in order to collect more cardboard. There he meets Nisan (April), a young girl who will change the course of his life. He urgently needs to find some money in order to be with her. Once his dad refuses to help, he would have to figure out an alternative solution.
I Am The Sea
2020
4.6Vegan Chef Arthur, who is afraid of hurting even one insect in his daily life, does not hesitate to slaughter animals alive in the kitchen and sacrifice everything for the sake of taste.
Fine Dying
2019
4.6Vegan Chef Arthur, who is afraid of hurting even one insect in his daily life, does not hesitate to slaughter animals alive in the kitchen and sacrifice everything for the sake of taste.
Fine Dying
2019
