Aydin Erel

8.Sanat Yapim & Organization Ltd.
Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Director of Photography, Photographer (Still), Producer, Screenwriter and Theatre Director

İstanbul, Turkey

Member Since:
August 2011

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> 2 weeks ago

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About Aydin

I've studied drama at the Istanbul Conservatoire and acted in major theatres. Later, Ive obtained AD diploma in Film & TV Production and SIAD in the U.K. I've worked in London as a film editing assistant and a freelance photographer. I've also worked in Brazil as an advertising photographer, DP and director. Returning Türkiye, I've worked as director and producer in advertising and promotional films long years. I've also worked as director and producer documentary films. I've been focused on and feature films at the moment. I'was one of the partner of 8. Sanat Yapim & Organizasyon Ltd film Production Company.

Unique traits: Energetic, dedicated, persistant in profession, I have passion and patience for my job,

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 6"

Weight:
143

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Short

Hair color:
Grey

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Videos

Tales not for adults(Experimental environmental film)

Aydin's Showreel(Commercials & Promotional works)

Loglines

Roads of Passion Action ⋄ Drama The feature film project of the adventures life of a young woman who works as a heavy vehicle driver in Turkey. Film's script is in English and we're in pre-production stage at the moment our intention to have co-producer partner the film will be shot in Turkey and Germany.

Credits

Cape Cod over Istanbul (2010 - 2011)
Documentary by 8. Sanat/AYDIN EREL Director/Producer “Cape Cod Over Istanbul” is a 54-minute-long aviation documentary shot HD format. The primary topic of this documentary film is the social and political implications behind an historical non-stop long distance world record on flight made during the Golden Age of Flight. The film has partly in Turkish and English interviews, but it has dubbed and subtitled in Turkish and English languages for the market. The golden age of aviation coincided with the Great Depression. Although the depression had tremendously negative effect on global economy, two fearless American aviators emerged to take back the long-distance record from France. The pilot Russell Norton Boardman was once a cowboy, motorcyclist and a stunt pilot for Hollywood movies. The co-pilot John Lewis Polando was an aircraft mechanic with more than 10 years of aeronautical experience; together they found a way to fulfil a lifelong dream. Their Bellanca monoplane” Cape Cod “was literally a flying bomb with the take-off weight consumed two-thirds fuel it trundled down Floyd Bennett airfield in the early morning of July 28, 1931.Boardman and Polando loaded 16 copies of the New York Times on board. These were to be parachuted over various cities as a mean of communicating with the world. They had never flown outside the United States before. Their objective was to fly from New York to Istanbul. It was to be the longest distance ever flown in history. They were unreported from land or sea for two nights and a day. What they lacked in equipment such as battery, radio, parachutes or navigation lights was compensated with plenty of determination and steely courage. This documentary film based on unrevealed archives both in the USA and Turkey combined with interesting interviews. The researched part only took over 4 years. The film completed in two years.
Bodrum International Environmental Film Festival (1997)
Video by Aydin Erel Director

Awards

Art Director's Index to Photographers
(1985)
IFSAK Short Film Achievement Award
(1982)

Education

Arts University College at Bournemouth
(1969-1973)
The City Literary Institute, London Portraiture and pictorial photography
(1969-1973)
The Istanbul Conservatoire of Drama
(1969-1973)