Melik Kuru

Directing

Melik Kuru

Place of birth

İstanbul,Türkiye

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

​​Melik Kuru dropped architecture school and had his BA at Koc University Visual Arts. He had his MFA in Film at Columbia University in New York. His short film, We Are a Family (2020) had premiered at Antalya Film Festival. His feature projects were selected for CineLink, Connecting Cottbus and Meetings on The Bridge. In addition to his directorial work, the feature film he edited Hesitation Wound (dir. Selman Nacar) premiered at Venice Film Festival Orizzonti. Dump of Untitled Pieces is his debut feature film.

Known for

Behind the camera

Dump of Untitled Pieces poster
NR

Facing imminent eviction, an idealistic young photographer and her hapless roommate attempt to sell her work to galleries for the first time, embarking on a bumpy journey through the collapsing art market of Istanbul.

Dump of Untitled Pieces

2025

Dump of Untitled Pieces poster
NR

Facing imminent eviction, an idealistic young photographer and her hapless roommate attempt to sell her work to galleries for the first time, embarking on a bumpy journey through the collapsing art market of Istanbul.

Dump of Untitled Pieces

2025

Dump of Untitled Pieces poster
NR

Facing imminent eviction, an idealistic young photographer and her hapless roommate attempt to sell her work to galleries for the first time, embarking on a bumpy journey through the collapsing art market of Istanbul.

Dump of Untitled Pieces

2025

At the Edge of the Volcano poster
NR

Two middle-aged couples travel together to a remote island as one of them is trying to fix their marriage. As bad news arrive from inland, the world around them begins to collapse and their relationships will soon follow suit.

At the Edge of the Volcano

2025

We Are a Family poster
NR

Haluk, an incompetent factory owner, competes with his wife and skillful operations manager Güler. As the power crisis between the husband and wife escalates, someone unexpected will suffer from it in a most tragic way.

We Are a Family

2020

We Are a Family poster
NR

Haluk, an incompetent factory owner, competes with his wife and skillful operations manager Güler. As the power crisis between the husband and wife escalates, someone unexpected will suffer from it in a most tragic way.

We Are a Family

2020

We Are a Family poster
NR

Haluk, an incompetent factory owner, competes with his wife and skillful operations manager Güler. As the power crisis between the husband and wife escalates, someone unexpected will suffer from it in a most tragic way.

We Are a Family

2020