Orçun Köksal

Orcun Koksal was born in Izmir in 1978. In 2003, he studied Fine Arts in Mimar Sinan University. In the same year, he took scenario lessons from the directors Ersin Pertan and Artun Yeres. From 2005 to 2010, he took part in Semih Kaplanoglu's "Bal/Honey" (60. Int. Berlin Film Festival Best Film Golden Bear Award), "Süt/Milk" and "Yumurta/Egg" films as a co-writer. He also worked in the production department of these films and played a mine worker in "Süt/Milk." In 2007, he won the Golden Orange Award for "Best Screenplay" in 44. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival with the film, "Yumurta." In the same year, he won the "Mahmut Tali Öngören Best Screenplay Award" in 40. SIYAD Awards (Screen Writers Association Awards) with the film, "Yumurta." From 2010 to 2015, he worked on some TV formats and TV series. In 2018, he shot his short film, TAYY/coexisting. He applied to the General Directorate of Cinema, for "Director's Support for the First Film" to shot his feature film "Anadolu Parsi/The Anatolian Panther," in 2019.