Fuat Uzkinay
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Fuat Uzkınay was the first Turkish
filmmaker.
After finishing İstanbul Highschool, he took physics and chemistry classes at İstanbul University
. While he started to work at a high school as a principal, there was a growing interest in cinema
among the Ottomans. Uzkınay started to give lessons at his school in order to make his students familiar with cinema. Despite the fact that numerous cinemas
existed in İstanbul, Uzkınay campaigned for the building of a Turkish-owned cinema, which opened on 19 March 1914. The name, "The National Cinema", would change later to "Ali Efendi sineması". Meanwhile he learned to use the projector from Sigmund Weinberg, who was the first man to introduce the cinema to the Ottomans.
While in the army, on 14 November 1914 he filmed the destruction of the Russian Monument at Ayestefanos. This 150mt. film is known as the first documentary film of the Turkish Cinema. One year later, he founded, on the order of General Enver Paşa
, the "Central Army Cinema Department". Sigmund Weinberg was the Chairman of the department and Uzkınay was his assistant. One year later, Uzkınay succeeded Weinberg in that position.
He received education in Germany
on film production. He completed his first movie "Himmet Aga'nin İzdivaci" in 1918, despite many difficulties he encountered. In 1954, he retired from the Turkish army and died in 1956.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
filmmaker.
After finishing İstanbul Highschool, he took physics and chemistry classes at İstanbul University
Istanbul University
Istanbul University is a Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square.- Synopsis :A madrasa, a religious school, was established sometime in the 15th century after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. An institution of higher education named the...
. While he started to work at a high school as a principal, there was a growing interest in cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
among the Ottomans. Uzkınay started to give lessons at his school in order to make his students familiar with cinema. Despite the fact that numerous cinemas
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
existed in İstanbul, Uzkınay campaigned for the building of a Turkish-owned cinema, which opened on 19 March 1914. The name, "The National Cinema", would change later to "Ali Efendi sineması". Meanwhile he learned to use the projector from Sigmund Weinberg, who was the first man to introduce the cinema to the Ottomans.
While in the army, on 14 November 1914 he filmed the destruction of the Russian Monument at Ayestefanos. This 150mt. film is known as the first documentary film of the Turkish Cinema. One year later, he founded, on the order of General Enver Paşa
Ismail Enver
Enver Pasha or Ismail Enver Pasha , title was changed with his military ranks such as Enver Efendi , Enver Bey , Enver Pasha, higher than Mirliva) was an Ottoman military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution...
, the "Central Army Cinema Department". Sigmund Weinberg was the Chairman of the department and Uzkınay was his assistant. One year later, Uzkınay succeeded Weinberg in that position.
He received education in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
on film production. He completed his first movie "Himmet Aga'nin İzdivaci" in 1918, despite many difficulties he encountered. In 1954, he retired from the Turkish army and died in 1956.
Filmography (Director)
- Victory of İzmir - İzmir Zaferi / İstiklal - 1942
- At the road of Victory - Zafer Yollarında - 1923
- The marriage of Himmet - Himmet Ağa'nın İzdivacı - 1918
- Leblebici Horhor Ağa - 1916
- The destruction of Russian Monumental at Ayestefanos - Ayastefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı - 1914
Filmography (Producer)
- Bican Efendi Mektep Hocası - 1921
- Bican Efendi'nin Rüyası - 1921
- Binnaz - 1919
- Mürebbiye - 1919
- Himmet Ağa'nın İzdivacı - 1918
- Bican Efendi Vekilharç - 1917
Filmography (D.O.P.)
- Boğaziçi Esrarı / Nur Baba - 1922
- Bican Efendi Mektep Hocası - 1921
- Bican Efendi'nin Rüyası - 1921
- Binnaz - 1919
- Mürebbiye - 1919
- Tombul Aşığın Dört Sevgilisi - 1919
- Himmet Ağa'nın İzdivacı - 1918
- Bican Efendi Vekilharç - 1917
- Ayastefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı - 1914
External links
- http://www.mustafacetin.org/tr/fuat-uzkinay-hakkinda-dr-mustafa-cetin-wwwmustafacetinorg-ayastefanostaki-rus-abidesinin-yikilisiilk-turk-filmi
- Fuat Uzkınay at IMDb
- Fuat Uzkınay at Sinema Türk
- Fuat Uzkınay at turksinemasi.com