Ömer Uğur

Born

1954 (aged about 72)

Place of birth

Tokat

On Avşar Film

directed 2 movies

Ömer Uğur was born in 1954 in Tokat. After graduating from teacher training school, he worked as a teacher in villages and wrote short stories in those years. Out of his interest in cinema, he completed the film design department of Dokuz Eylül University.

He began the profession as an assistant to directors such as Ertem Eğilmez, Atıf Yılmaz, Zeki Alasya and Sinan Çetin. In 1982 he stepped in front of the camera, and in 1986 he directed his first film. He carried the experience he had from short-story writing into screenwriting. During Yeşilçam's difficult periods he worked mainly for television and also made documentaries.

On television, he directed series such as Bizim Eller, Yarım Elma, Saklambaç and Cesaretin Var mı Aşka; İbret-i Ailem, Bir Yastıkta and Boynu Bükükler are also among the productions that bear his signature. In cinema, he made his name best known with the film Eve Dönüş. He also directed the films Geniş Aile: Yapıştır and Geniş Aile 2: Her Türlü.

Uğur directed Aşk Bu Mu? and Hemşo for Avşar Film.