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Meta Akkus
Born
Turkey
Alma materCentral St Martins
Occupations
Years active1998–present
Websitehttps://metaakkus.net/

Meta Akkus is a French-Turkish film director, screenwriter, author, and producer.[1][2] She is best known for her fantasy family film Make A Wish (Bir Dilek Tut)[3]

Early life

Meta Akkus, born in Turkey, grew up in Paris, France.[4] She went to Middle School Béranger, located in Le Marais, as such predominently attended by Jewish students. There she joined the school's theater and studied acting for the next seven years, performing in different classical plays.[5]

In the last year of middle school, Akkus was assigned, by her history teacher, to direct a documentary about World War II students that were deported to concentration camps from her school, Beranger, in 1940.[6]

At the age of 17, Akkus dropped out of Henri-Bergson high school in Paris, put her acting on hold, to write and direct her first play, "Le Temps N'Existe Pas".[7]

Akkus directs her first short film, La Solitude[8][9], at the age of 18. This led her to move to London, to study and work in films.[10][11]

Film career

In London, Akkus attended directing classes at Panico Film School for several months, she then continued her film studies at Central St Martins. She worked as a runner on the set of the James Bond film, The World is not Enough, directed by Micheal Apted[5]

Her next assignent as an assistant director working on various productions including an advertising campaign for Micron PC, directed by Terry Gilliam, for Radical Media[12]

She learned how to edit films at Swordfish Editing in Soho, working as an assistant editor for over a year, where she produced, directed, and edited her second short film, Unsatisfaction on 35mm. This short was bought by Canal+ for television broadcast.[13]

BBD Productions, Paris signed her as one of their three exclusive commercial directors, the other two being Luc Besson and Jean-Paul Goude. While with BBD, Meta Akkus directed many commercials and music videos around the World, for such global luxury brands as Chanel, Lux, Evian, Mini Cooper, Paşabahçe, BP, and Pınar.[14]

In Cape Town, Akkus directed advertisements for Group Saur (France's main utility company), where she created a whole African village and showed people carrying water from every corner of the Earth to Africa.[15]

In 2009–2010, Akkus directed the interview scenes in the documentary, Turkish Passport, about World War II, Turkish-Jewish survivors.[6][16][17]

Akkus starred in a self-directed music video for a Copenhagen based pop trio band "Who Made Who" for their song "Out the Door."[18]

She is the author of two published books, in Turkey, "Aşktan Ötürü" and "Abrakadabra."[7][5]

Akkus directed four music videos for the Turkish rock singer, "Kiraç." Akkus wrote and directed a short film, for "Kiraç's" song "Senden Başka" a story about a boy's love for his mother, which airs on Turkish Television Channels every year on Mother’s Day.

Meta Akkus wrote, produced, and directed her first feature film "Make A Wish" (Bir Dilek Tut) in 2019. Make A Wish, a magical coming-of-age film, for family audiences, telling the story of a 12 year old boy "Berke" who wants to uncover the secrets to making wishes come true.[7][19][20][21] She started pre-production in Istanbul. She shot it in Mardin, an ancient Roman town near the Turkish border with Syria.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes
2020 Make A Wish[19][20][21] Yes Yes Yes Co-written with Avni Tuna Dilligil ,
Starring Altan Erkekli
Vildan Atasever
İhsan Berk Aydın Cinematographer Joan Bordera[31][32]

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Notes
1998 La Solitude Yes Yes Produced.
Starring Zoe Coussoneau.
2003 Unsatisfaction Yes Yes Starring Helen Le Bohec ,
Cinematographer Philipp Blaubach
2005 La Peur[10] Yes Yes Starring Karina Beuthe
Audrey Caillaud ,
Cinematographer Jean Poisson
2006 La Muette Yes Yes Starring Zoe Duchesne & Jean Christophe Gra
Cinematographer Vincent Mathias

Commercials

Year Title Director Writer Company Notes
2004 Group Saur Yes Yes Group Saur Note shot in Cape Town
2006 Chanel Yes Yes Chanel Starring Zoe Duchesne
Cinematographer Jean Poisson
2007 CK Yes Yes CK Starring Zoe Duchesne, Romulo Pires
Lux Soap Yes Lux Soap Cinematographer Vincent Mathias
2008 Mini BMW Yes Yes Mini BMW Starring Meta Akkus & Jan Schunke
2015 Pasabahce Omnia Yes Yes Pasabahce

Further reading

  • Aşktan Ötürü (2016).[5][33][34][35][36]Meta Akkuş.RETRO BASIM YAYIN.volume 160. release date:2016-02-22. ISBN 6058677043
  • Abrakadabra (2018).[7][37]Meta Akkuş.THE BEST FILMS PRODUCTIONS.volume 116. release date:2018-06-19. ISBN 6058144903

References

  1. ^ "Meta Akkus Wikidata Link". wikidata.org. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Meta Akkus IMDb link". imdb.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Bir Dilek Tut (2019) IMDb Link". imdb.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Akkus to weave Fateful Pattern". cineuropa.org. by Naman Ramachandran. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Held, Deniz Alan (23 October 2017). "Meta Akkuş ve Aşktan Ötürü: Genç bir kadının biriktirdikleri". İndigo Dergisi (in Turkish).
  6. ^ a b "Hayatlarını kurtaran Türk diplomatları unutmadılar (Son Tren)". milliyet.com.tr. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d "Meta Akkus interview, second book "Abrakadabra", Bir Dilek Tut". nouvart.net. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  8. ^ "La Solitude Directed by Meta Akkus". youtube.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ^ "La Solitude (1999) IMDb link". IMDb. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Meta Akkus unifrance Link, La Peur". unifrance.org. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. ^ "SABAH – Paris'te genç bir yönetmen". arsiv.sabah.com.tr.
  12. ^ "Terry Gilliam - Micron PC - 'Labyrinth' TV Commercial". youtube.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Unsatisfaction Directed by Meta Akkus". youtube.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Meta Akkus interview". cinetiyatro.wordpress. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Meta Akkus info and interview". kameraarkasi.org (milliyet.com.tr) Yiğit KARAAHMET. 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Turkish Passport 2011 English Subtitles". youtube.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Turkish Passport IMDb link". IMDb. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Meta Akkus web site and films". metaakkus.net. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Make A Wish (Bir Dilek Tut) Youtube Trailer link". youtube.com. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  20. ^ a b "Make A Wish (Bir Dilek Tut) Vimeo Teaser link". vimeo.com. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  21. ^ a b "Make A Wish (Bir Dilek Tut) fragman link". fragmanlar.com. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  22. ^ "News "Mardin´de 'Bir Dilek Tut' Filmi çekimleri başladı"". mardinsoz.com. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  23. ^ "News "Mardin´de 'Bir Dilek Tut' Filmi çekimleri başladı."". mardinarena.com. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  24. ^ "News "Bir Dilek Tut Filminin Çekimlerine Mardin'de Başlandı."". artukluhaber.net. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  25. ^ "Mardin, Bir Dilek Tut movie shooting news, photo 1-14". haber7.com. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  26. ^ "News "Bir Dilek Tut filmi 'motor' dedi."". ntv.com.tr. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  27. ^ "News "Bir Dilek Tut filmi 'motor' dedi."". beyazgazete.com. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  28. ^ "'Mardin yapımcıların gözde şehri oldu' Bir Dilek Tut movie shooting news and photos". trthaber.com. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  29. ^ "News "Bir Dilek Tut filmi 'motor' dedi". istanbulhaber.com. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  30. ^ "News 'Tarihi şehir Mardin yapımcıların gözdesi oldu'". mynet.com. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  31. ^ "Joan Bordera Make A Wish (Bir Dilek Tut) link". joanbordera.com. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  32. ^ "Joan Bordera IMDB link". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  33. ^ "News "Meta Akkuş yazarlığa soyundu."". haberturk.com. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  34. ^ "News "Fotoğraf çekimi için Londra'ya gitti klipte oynadı."". hurriyet.com.tr. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  35. ^ "The first step to writing". magazinci.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  36. ^ Ali, Eyüpoğlu (6 March 2016). "Okunması gereken Kitaplar". milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  37. ^ "News "Meta Akkuş'un ikinci kitabı: Abrakadabra"". indigodergisi.com. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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