Tayfun Pirselimoğlu

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Tayfun Pirselimoğlu

Born January 1, 1959 · Trabzon, Turkey (age 67)

Tayfun Pirselimoğlu (born 1959, Trabzon) is a Turkish director, screenwriter and producer. Pirselimoglu graduated from Middle East Technical University after which he went to Vienna and studied painting at Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst (Academy of Applied Arts) He held various exhibitions in different cities of the world, including Vienna, Istanbul, Ankara, Budapest, Tallinn, etc. He is one of …

Known For

I Am Not HimI Am Not Him · 2013
I Am Not Him
6.02013
MovieDrama
Nihat, an introverted employee in a hospital cafeteria, is confused by Ayşe, a mysterious woman who just started working there as a dishwasher. Her obvious seductive approaches embarrass Nihat and make him nervous at the same time. Despite the rumors about her husband having been sentenced to many years in jail, Nihat reluctantly accepts Ayşe’s invitation to dinner at her house. This is the beginning of a strange and dangerous liaison. When Nihat discovers a picture of the woman’s husband and realizes that he looks astoundingly like him, the relation becomes even more toxic.
HairHair · 2010
Hair
5.32010
MovieDrama
A wig-maker from Istanbul, who suffers from cancer, becomes obsessed with a woman who enters his shop one day.
RizaRiza · 2007
Riza
5.72007
MovieDramaCrime
Riza is a truck driver. When his truck breaks down, Riza can’t work and his livelihood is threatened. Using every possible means, he desparately tries to drum up the money for the repairs. And this includes being prepared to commit a brutal crime.
2m²2m² · 2026
2m²
6.52026
MovieDocumentary
Tayfun, an undertaker for the Belgian-Turkish community, must help families decide where their loved ones should be buried.
The TraceThe Trace · 1994
The Trace
6.01994
MovieThriller
Commissioner Kemal, who is nearing retirement, investigates a suicide case. Cezmi Kara, whose face has become unrecognizable, has been found dead in her home. Kemal suspects that this is a murder and obsesses over the dead man's face.
HazeHaze · 2010
Haze
4.12010
MovieDrama
Reşat, a withdrawn and asocial young man who works at a pirate DVD shop, represses his feelings for the girl next door, and adds excitement to his life with petty theft. The film turns into a thriller when the shadowy Celal, a friend of Reşat's boss, gets shot just after he leaves a package in the shop and Reşat has to make sense of the photo and the gun it contains.
SidewaySideway · 2017
Sideway
5.42017
MovieDrama
The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are becoming insane. They are convinced that successive signs appearing in the town are indications of doomsday.
Pains of AutumnPains of Autumn · 2009
Pains of Autumn
5.22009
MovieDramaHistory
When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the events of September 6th-7th in 1955, the Istanbul Pogrom.

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