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'''Özgür Uyanık''' is a writer and [[film director]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Uyanık was born in Turkey and raised in the United Kingdom.<ref>https://www.walesartsreview.org/ozgur-uyanik-the-artist-qa/</ref> He attended the [[University of Kent at Canterbury]], graduating with a degree in Communications and Image Studies.<ref name=FairlightBooks>{{cite web|url=https://www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/authors/long-fiction-author/ozgur-uyanik/|title=Özgür Uyanık|publisher=Fairlight Books}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He began his career in the film industry after graduation. He has written and directed award-winning short films and ad campaigns, including ''[[Oblivious (film)|Oblivious]]'' (2001),<ref>{{imdb title|0282810|Oblivious}}.</ref> starring [[Sienna Guillory]], which won Best European Short Film at the [[Brussels European Film Festival]] as well as being short-listed for a [[BAFTA]] and sold to [[Universal Studios, Inc.|Universal]] [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci-Fi Channel]] and [[Canal+ International]] for several territories.<br />
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The 2010 Kaleidoscope release ''[[Resurrecting: The Street Walker]]'' is Uyanık's feature film debut as writer-director. It was nominated for Best UK Feature at the [[Raindance Film Festival]] and was official selection at the [[International Istanbul Film Festival]], FAB Edinburgh Horror Film Festival, the Festival of Fantastic Film Manchester, Dublin Horrorthon, [[Abertoir]] Horror Film Festival in [[Wales]], Belgium's Razor Reel and the Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival.<br />
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''Holy Men'', his second feature-length film project, was selected for the 2014–2015 [[Binger Filmlab]] Writer's Lab in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Creative Europe MEDIA workshop The Film Garage created by Scuola Holden with the collaboration of Courmayeur Noir In Festival and Frontières.<br />
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His debut novel CONCEPTION was published in 2020 by Fairlight Books in the UK.<ref>https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-conception/</ref> He was a contributing co-editor for an anthology of creative essays by under-represented voices called JUST SO YOU KNOW—ESSAYS OF EXPERIENCE, published by [[Parthian Books]] in 2020.<ref>https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2020/08/book-review-just-so-you-know/</ref> In the same year he was commissioned to run a webinar by Literature Wales for a cohort of writers from under-represented backgrounds and has taught creative writing at Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozguruyanik/</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0882658}}<br />
* {{official|https://ozguruyanik.wordpress.com/}}<br />
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