Kadir Akbulut (writer)

Kadir Akbulut
Born Kadir Akbulut
(1983-12-24) 24 December 1983
Sakarya, Turkey
Pen name Regisseur
Occupation Playwright, director
Nationality Turkish
Genre Drama, fiction

Kadir Akbulut (born 24 December 1983, in Sakarya) is a Turkish playwright and director.

Life and career

He was born in Sakarya in 1983. He completed his schooling at Adapazarı Primary School, Üsküdar Anatolian High School and Haydarpaşa Technical High School. He started his art life in İstanbul Municipal Theater Müsahipzade Celal participating in the play A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov.

He left Yıldız Technical University 'Technology and Computer Sciences' for his love of theater. He started his professional theater life in Tevfik Gelenbe Theater. He discovered his interest for shooting while he was taking part in the plays.[1] He wrote articles about cinema for newspapers and magazines, and made a cinema programme for a radio channel. He started the joint venture of Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality and Adapazarı film-makers.[2] He organized short-long film shows and chatting activities.[3] He presented the play ‘Three on a Seesaw’[4] by Luigi Lunari in Sakarya and he took part in the play himself. He also assisted Ertekin Akpınar with his film Melekler ve Kumarbazlar.

He studied at the Faculty of fine arts and graduated from Kocaeli University as a script writer. He wrote a thesis about the drama that the play characters of Orhan Kemal has in his stories, and wrote a play The Love of Money which has similarities to Orhan Kemal’s works. Two of his plays were put on stage on World Theatre Day. One of his other plays were played on Kocaeli SDKM by the people who work in health services. The play Nerim’s Room was performed at Kocaeli University as a college play. He went to Germany as an Erasmus participant and was an assistant at Theaterperipherie in Frankfurt,[5] performing in the plays Waiting for Godot and Maria Magdalena there.

After he returned to Turkey, he started teaching. He ran a theater course for teachers in Geyve. He worked with Şahin Schools as a drama teacher. He was awarded by Adapazarı Lions Club for his efforts and contributions for art.[6] He worked at Sakarya Governorship Culture and Tourism Directorate as a drama teacher. Later he started working at Doğa Schools. He prepared projects with his students about street theater and short film.

He has been teaching in Ataşehir Incity & Oxford Doğa School since September, 2013. He continues writing at different platforms about cinema[7] and theater.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kadir AKBULUT" (in Turkish). kameraarkasi.org. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Adapazarı Sinemacıları" (in Turkish). adapazarisinemacilari.blogspot.com.tr. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Sakarya'da Ödüllü Kısa Filmler!" (in Turkish). www.beyazperde.com. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  4. ↑ "Luigi Lunari - Theatre - Three on the Seesaw". luigilunari.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Frühere Spielzeiten" (in German). theaterperipherie.de. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Adapazarı Lions Kulübü - Tiyatro Günü" (in Turkish). youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  7. ↑ "kadir akbulut İLE İLGİLİ SONUÇLAR" (in Turkish). evrensel.net. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  8. ↑ "Yeni Tiyatro Dergisi'nin Ocak 2012 sayısı çıktı" (in Turkish). tiyatrodunyasi.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
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