Akın GÜNGÖR

Akin Gungor was born in 1983, Izmir. He studied Directing at Izmir Dokuz Eylul University’s Fine Arts Faculty’s Cinema TV Department. He attended many festivals and workshops after his graduation. Then he started his professional career with some of the successful tv series like “Love Is In The Air, Lovebird, Böyle Bitmesin, Remember Darling, Brave Heart, Heartbeat, Lawless Lands” as assistant director. He also worked as assistant director at digital series “Innocent”, “Vahşi Şeyler” as well as the movies “Keeping the Bees” and “The Turks Are Coming””.

In 2021, the film “Tünel”, which he both wrote and directed and which starred names such as Kadir Doğulu, Nur Sürer, Yılmaz Eser Durmuş, Harmoni Demir, Yolanda Viola Glapinska, Hakan Çarpık, and Aleksandra Diamond, received several awards at numerous festivals. Since 2019, Güngör has been serving as a moderator of the Directors Guild of Turkey, of which he is also a founding member. Most recently, in 2023, he directed the TV series “Al Sancak”.