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Sinan Çetin is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Turquee born on 1 march 1953 at Bahçesaray (District), Van (Turquie)
Sinan Çetin (born March 1, 1953) is a Turkish actor, film director, and producer.
Çetin was born as the son of a customs officer and studied art history at Hacettepe University. Çetin has produced full-length films and television series, and foremost, commercials. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his 1999 film Propaganda, a critically acclaimed libertarian comedy about post-World War II eastern Turkey. Çetin both directed and produced this film, as he did for many other films. His 1993 film Berlin in Berlin was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.
He commented at 9th International Turkish Language Olympics on June 21, 2011 about Fethullah Gulen. He said: "First of all I would like to thank someone, who is not here -and I don't know why he is not here- a great thinker, an important religious leader, someone precious and who has a heart made of gold. His name is Fethullah Gulen and I'm honored to say that."
Çetin is a fan of Ayn Rand, and has published Rand's books and other libertarian books in Turkey.
Çetin manages and owns the film production company Plato Film Productions. He opened the company in 1986 and it has been expanding ever since. It is one of the most commercially successful Production Companies of Turkey.
Çetin is currently working on his 13th feature film named "Çanakkale Çocukları". The film is starring actors such as Haluk Bilginer, Oktay Kaynarca, Yavuz Bingöl and Sinan Çetin's two sons Rafael Cemo Çetin and Orfeo Çetin.
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Çetin was born as the son of a customs officer and studied art history at Hacettepe University. Çetin has produced full-length films and television series, and foremost, commercials. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his 1999 film Propaganda, a critically acclaimed libertarian comedy about post-World War II eastern Turkey. Çetin both directed and produced this film, as he did for many other films. His 1993 film Berlin in Berlin was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.
He commented at 9th International Turkish Language Olympics on June 21, 2011 about Fethullah Gulen. He said: "First of all I would like to thank someone, who is not here -and I don't know why he is not here- a great thinker, an important religious leader, someone precious and who has a heart made of gold. His name is Fethullah Gulen and I'm honored to say that."
Çetin is a fan of Ayn Rand, and has published Rand's books and other libertarian books in Turkey.
Çetin manages and owns the film production company Plato Film Productions. He opened the company in 1986 and it has been expanding ever since. It is one of the most commercially successful Production Companies of Turkey.
Çetin is currently working on his 13th feature film named "Çanakkale Çocukları". The film is starring actors such as Haluk Bilginer, Oktay Kaynarca, Yavuz Bingöl and Sinan Çetin's two sons Rafael Cemo Çetin and Orfeo Çetin.
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When Luck Breaks the Door (2005)
, 1h47Genres Comedy
Actors Ferhan Şensoy, Zeki Alasya, Sinan Çetin, Tamer Karadağlı, Memet Ali Alabora
Roles Hotel Bonita Cocierge
Rating62%
When Kuddusi Yurdum misses the final answer on the TV gameshow "Şans Kapıyı Kırınca", his family is given a consolation prize: a vacation to Barboonia, a fictional "banana republic" island country near Cuba. They are welcomed there by the country's dictator President Carlos, in order to stop an assassination plot by the CIA.
Propaganda (1999)
, 2hDirected by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Kemal Sunal, Metin Akpınar, Meltem Cumbul, Nazmiye Oral, Sinan Çetin
Roles Çoban
Rating70%
Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.
Director
Paper (2011)
Directed by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors Öner Erkan, Ayşen Gruda, Ahmet Mekin
Rating60%
Emrah is a dreamer who hopes to be a great director, trying to shoot his first feature film. His father Mehdi, a retired customs enforcement officer, believes that Emrah is going to become a pharmacist. Emrah manages to cobble together funding from producers with the help of his friends and his mother Şahane, but is held up by the bureaucracy. The main obstacle between him and his dreams is an endorsement letter he needs from Müzeyyen, the head of the censorship board. But this proves more difficult than he expected...
Commissioner Shakespeare (2001)
, 1h56Directed by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Kadir İnanır, Müjde Ar, Pelin Batu, Özkan Uğur, Gazanfer Özcan
Rating56%
Cemil is an acting Police Chief and a single father with an only daughter Su. Su who has been cast in the role of Snow White ("Pamuk Prenses") in the school play, is rehearsing when she blacks out and is taken to hospital where she is found to have leukemia. Meanwhile, Cemil's men round up a number of people, including Danyal (a mafiaman), Tatü Hayati (a small time drug dealer), Ali (a drug addict) and Deniz (an ageing prostitute). When Su's teacher refuses her the role of Snow White, Cemil sensing is daughter's disappointment, decides that he will produce the play himself and enter it in a TV competition against the school.
Propaganda (1999)
, 2hDirected by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Kemal Sunal, Metin Akpınar, Meltem Cumbul, Nazmiye Oral, Sinan Çetin
Rating70%
Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.
Berlin in Berlin (1993)
, 1h39Directed by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama
Actors Hülya Avşar, Eşref Kolçak
Rating55%
Abbas in Flower (1982)
, 1h27Directed by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors İlyas Salman, Şener Şen, Ayşen Gruda
Rating79%
Scriptwriter
Paper (2011)
Directed by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors Öner Erkan, Ayşen Gruda, Ahmet Mekin
Roles Writer
Rating60%
Emrah is a dreamer who hopes to be a great director, trying to shoot his first feature film. His father Mehdi, a retired customs enforcement officer, believes that Emrah is going to become a pharmacist. Emrah manages to cobble together funding from producers with the help of his friends and his mother Şahane, but is held up by the bureaucracy. The main obstacle between him and his dreams is an endorsement letter he needs from Müzeyyen, the head of the censorship board. But this proves more difficult than he expected...
Propaganda (1999)
, 2hDirected by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Kemal Sunal, Metin Akpınar, Meltem Cumbul, Nazmiye Oral, Sinan Çetin
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.
Berlin in Berlin (1993)
, 1h39Directed by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama
Actors Hülya Avşar, Eşref Kolçak
Roles Writer
Rating55%
Producer
Paper (2011)
Directed by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors Öner Erkan, Ayşen Gruda, Ahmet Mekin
Roles Producer
Rating60%
Emrah is a dreamer who hopes to be a great director, trying to shoot his first feature film. His father Mehdi, a retired customs enforcement officer, believes that Emrah is going to become a pharmacist. Emrah manages to cobble together funding from producers with the help of his friends and his mother Şahane, but is held up by the bureaucracy. The main obstacle between him and his dreams is an endorsement letter he needs from Müzeyyen, the head of the censorship board. But this proves more difficult than he expected...
Ay Lav Yu (2010)
, 1h42Genres Comedy
Actors Steve Guttenberg, Mariel Hemingway, Katie Gill, Nihal Yalçın
Roles Producer
Rating55%
Yusuf Ağa, the landlord of the tiny southeast Anatolian village of Tinne, keeps sending petitions to high level state officials to make the voice of his village heard by the central government. Years ago, Yusuf abandoned his son, İbrahim, in the courtyard of a university so that he could get a good education and become an important man. There, İbrahim was found by Father Hana, who raised him and gave him a good life. Now İbrahim has turned 30, and he returns to his village along with his girlfriend, Jessica. But will the tiny village of Tinne become the new home of İbrahim and Jessica?
Pardon (2005)
, 1h34Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ferhan Şensoy, Erol Günaydın, Zeki Alasya
Roles Producer
Rating80%
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Some sequences of the film were shot in Sinop Fortress Prison.
Okul (2004)
, 1h45Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Sinem Kobal, Melisa Sözen, Halit Ergenç, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Deniz Akkaya
Roles Producer
Rating41%
The school magazine editor Gökalp is in love with Güldem, a girl in his class. He writes stories and letters to her in order to win her heart, but she isn't interested. So he commits suicide after leaving a secret letter. A year after his death, strange things begin to happen. These are not just experienced only by Güldem, but also by those close to her such as her boyfriend Ersin, her best friends Şebnem and Ceyda, the new school magazine editor Umut and Vedat Bey who spies on the students with cameras. Gökalp's ghost returns for revenge just as the ÖSS exam week is about to begin.
Commissioner Shakespeare (2001)
, 1h56Directed by Sinan Çetin
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Kadir İnanır, Müjde Ar, Pelin Batu, Özkan Uğur, Gazanfer Özcan
Roles Producer
Rating56%
Cemil is an acting Police Chief and a single father with an only daughter Su. Su who has been cast in the role of Snow White ("Pamuk Prenses") in the school play, is rehearsing when she blacks out and is taken to hospital where she is found to have leukemia. Meanwhile, Cemil's men round up a number of people, including Danyal (a mafiaman), Tatü Hayati (a small time drug dealer), Ali (a drug addict) and Deniz (an ageing prostitute). When Su's teacher refuses her the role of Snow White, Cemil sensing is daughter's disappointment, decides that he will produce the play himself and enter it in a TV competition against the school.