Çağan Irmak

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Çağan Irmak

Born April 4, 1970 · Seferihisar, İzmir, Turkey (age 56)

Çagan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya (2004-2005) and Asmali Konak (2002-2004), and for the hit films Alone (2008) and My Father and My Son (2005), for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers Association Awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director. …

Known For

Tarzan of ManisaTarzan of Manisa · 1994
Tarzan of Manisa
5.81994
MovieDrama
Ahmet Bedevi, also known as Tarzan of Manisa, was born in 1900 in Baghdad to become a soldier, fighting in the War of Independence and honored with a medal. He returned to a ruined and destroyed Manisa in 1923. Bedevi started working at the Municipality as a fireman and a gardener. He became the pioneer and symbol of planting activities. Because of the soft climate of the area, he first wore a vest and trousers and then he started wandering about in the town in his shorts. The people of Manisa saw his resemblance to Tarzan because of his clothes, and always cherished him with love. Tarzan of Manisa lived in the mount Spilylus, ignoring all his individual needs but working for a greener environment. He died on 31st May, 1963. However, he has never been forgotten by the locals; on the contrary, he was immortalized for the things he did for Manisa and people followed his example.
A Unique LifeA Unique Life · 2015
A Unique Life
5.82015
MovieDramaComedy
A widowed housewife returns to college to complete her studies and embarks on a journey that gives her life new meaning.
Everything About MustafaEverything About Mustafa · 2004
Everything About Mustafa
6.72004
MovieDramaThriller
A man is forced to confront his past after he loses everything in an accident. Mustafa is a successful business man living a seemingly great life with his family when an accident takes it all away from him and leaves him with many questions and a cab driver, Fikret, who can answer it all. Mustafa is due to get a lot more than what he bargained for, however, as his interrogations take him to long-forgotten childhood memories and force him to see his formerly perfect life from a very different perspective.
In DarknessIn Darkness · 2009
In Darkness
6.82009
MovieDramaThriller
A drama-thriller centered on an advertising agency employee for whom work is an outlet from his life under his overbearing mother's roof.
EntrustedEntrusted · 2018
Entrusted
5.52018
MovieDramaThriller
'Çocuklar Sana Emanet' meaning 'Children's Safety to you" The story about an interior architect Kerem recovering from traumatic car accident then spends time with healer woman and people of a village. But It is full of mysteries, suspense & hope.
AloneAlone · 2008
Alone
6.22008
MovieRomanceDrama
Alper is a renowned chef in his 30s at his own luxury restaurant. He lives an isolated life and spends his nights with one-night stands and paid intercourses. One day, his life changes utterly when his path crosses with Ada and gets enamored by her casual and modest outlook at life. As they start to get romantically involved, Alper must also overcome his chronic feeling of desolateness.
Bana Old and Wise'ı ÇalBana Old and Wise'ı Çal · 1998
Bana Old and Wise'ı Çal
6.81998
MovieDrama
A man named Onur, connects to a Radio programme presented by Oguz and requests the song Old and Wise from The Alan Parsons Project. A day later Eda, for whom Onur requested the song, calls in to tell it was a special song for Eda and Oğuz but there is something myterious going on...
Whisper If I ForgetWhisper If I Forget · 2014
Whisper If I Forget
7.32014
MovieMusicDrama
An old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life.

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Tarzan of ManisaTarzan of Manisa · 1994
Tarzan of Manisa
5.81994
MovieDrama
Ahmet Bedevi, also known as Tarzan of Manisa, was born in 1900 in Baghdad to become a soldier, fighting in the War of Independence and honored with a medal. He returned to a ruined and destroyed Manisa in 1923. Bedevi started working at the Municipality as a fireman and a gardener. He became the pioneer and symbol of planting activities. Because of the soft climate of the area, he first wore a vest and trousers and then he started wandering about in the town in his shorts. The people of Manisa saw his resemblance to Tarzan because of his clothes, and always cherished him with love. Tarzan of Manisa lived in the mount Spilylus, ignoring all his individual needs but working for a greener environment. He died on 31st May, 1963. However, he has never been forgotten by the locals; on the contrary, he was immortalized for the things he did for Manisa and people followed his example.

Assistant Director

Are We Ok?Are We Ok? · 2013
Are We Ok?
6.42013
MovieComedyDrama
Temmuz is an openly gay sculptor living at a flat with his dog in Istanbul. He lives a bohemian lifestyle and has a happy go lucky, carefree, eccentric (such as believing in good luck charms) character, frequently distracting him from his work as a children's book illustrator, and eventually leading him to be abandoned by his boyfriend via e-mail. He is given solace and affection by her wealthy mother, who is fully supportive of him, and best friend and co-worker, Beste. In the meantime, he keeps seeing a young man in his dreams, who repeatedly calls him for help and rescue. One day he runs into this guy while getting on the bus, who is accompanied by his mother, and helps them get into their home as the young man was born without limbs. From then on, two lives would collide into each other, starting a brotherhood full of discoveries and mutual help.

Writer

Sleeping PrincessSleeping Princess · 2010
Sleeping Princess
5.82010
MovieDramaComedy
Çağan Irmak's delightful new film is a fairy tale for the waking hour. Aziz works as a clerk in a library and lives in his own quiet and peaceful little world. Then one day he discovers that he has new neighbours: Seçil, the owner of the new opened local beauty shop and her 10 year-old daughter Gizem. Life for Aziz becomes much brighter and livelier but then something unexpected happens and darkness descends once again. A whole new set of events is set in motion as a bunch of memorable characters join together to try to change the course of fate. From the Diary of Aziz: There are those who say that fate cannot be changed, for if it could, it would not be fate. So be it. How hopeless we would feel if we had to live in a world where nothing could change. Don't you think so? It might just be that there will come a day when you will realize that something bad that happened to you happened for a reason and caused something better to come about. You never know.

Director

Kabuslar Evi: Bir Kış MasalıKabuslar Evi: Bir Kış Masalı · 2007
Kabuslar Evi: Bir Kış Masalı
6.72007
MovieThrillerMystery
The theater actor, Gülseren, is unable to relieve the pain of her husband Hilmi and her daughter Melisa, which she lost as a result of an accident. As a result of the pressures and insistence of his surroundings, he moves away from his house in order to find peace and come to the Nightmares House. A woman in a shady costume, who comes across in unexpected moments while thinking that she is getting away from all her pain, turns her entire balance upside down. While trying to solve the mystery of this woman with the help of Realtor Sema, Gülseren has to confront her daughter and her husband, on the one hand, and to resist the instant loss of time. Is this woman an ambassador, as Gülseren argues, taking the lost souls away and taking them to where they belong? All the answers are hidden in this shady woman and time is decreasing from time to time, autumn leaves its place to a winter fairy tale.

Writer