Mustafa Şevki Doğan

Born

20 May 1964 (aged 62)

Place of birth

Söke

On Avşar Film

directed 1 movie

Mustafa Şevki Doğan was born on 20 May 1964 in the Söke district of Aydın. He studied forest engineering and landscape architecture at Istanbul University.

He entered cinema in 1984 as an apprentice to Osman Sınav. While working in various units of SineGraf such as laboratory, editing, direction and production, he also took classes at the Mimar Sinan University Institute of Cinema and Television. He worked as an assistant director, art director and producer in advertising campaigns, television films and series. In the 1990s he directed an animated film for the first time and prepared informational films for the Ministry of Culture and the Police Department.

He began directing series in 1997 with Yasemince. He directed the series Kurtlar Vadisi, Baba Ocağı and Dürüye'nin Güğümleri; in later years he also sat in the director's chair for the series Güzel Köylü, Kalk Gidelim and Kızım. In cinema, he directed the film Son Osmanlı: Yandım Ali. Throughout his career he worked as director, assistant director or producer on about 600 commercials and music videos.

Doğan directed the 2013 film Kedi Özledi for Avşar Film.