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{{Short description|Turkish film director}}
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'''Emre Sahin''' is a Turkish [[film]] and [[television]] [[film director|director]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] and [[Istanbul]], Turkey. Sahin is an experienced director, cinematographer and editor whose award-winning [[short film]] ''Canta'' won Best Cinematography at the [[Beverly Hills Film Festival]], Audience Choice Award at the West Chester Film Festival, Best Foreign Short at the [[Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival]] and was named the Best Film of 2005 by ''Turkuaz'' magazine. Palm Springs Festival of Shorts and [[Rhode Island International Film Festival]] chose ''Canta'' as part of their Best of the Festival, a touring showcase of the festivals top films from each category. In addition, ''Canta'' is the official selection of over 30 additional film festivals around the world, from India to Ireland to Italy.

Before his foray into the scripted world, Emre directed and edited documentary and reality television shows for networks such as [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]], [[MTV]], [[VH1]], [[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]], the [[Travel Channel]], the [[Food Network]], [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]] and the [[Discovery Channel]]. Most recent directorial projects include TLC's provocative 10-episode series ''Beyond the Bull'', following three of the world's top professional bull riders on their quest for the world title during the turbulent 2005 [[Professional Bull Riders|PBR]] season and the documentary, ''Life as a Marine'', commissioned by [[J. Walter Thompson|JWT]] (named after [[James Walter Thompson]]), a large [[advertising agency]]. He is currently the executive producer, director and creator of the 13-episode documentary series, ''[[Cities of the Underworld]]'', for The History Channel. He recently directed the two season [[Rise of Empires: Ottoman]] released 24 January 2020.

He is also a frequent guest on Turkish television.

Sahin is currently in pre-production on a feature film titled ''7 Days in Baghdad''.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=1566899|name=Emre Sahin}}
*[http://www.thirtyfourproductions.com Thirty Four Productions (34P) website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628204024/http://www.thirtyfourproductions.com/ |date=2008-06-28 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213747/http://www.tempodergisi.com.tr/yasam/13500/ Interview with Emre Sahin]
*[http://www.lightmillennium.org/2005_15th/esahin_canta.html Interview with Emre Sahin]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060213192004/http://www.voanews.com/turkish/archive/2005-06/2005-06-16-voa12.cfm Interview with Emre Sahin]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060526043043/http://www.cantafilm.com/ ''Canta'' film website]
*[https://archive.today/20130116011337/http://www.40thefilm.com/ ''40'' film website]

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