Sinan Çetin

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.^[1]

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. He is currently working on his 13th feature film named Çanakkale Çocukları. The film will star actors such as Haluk Bilginer, Oktay Kaynarca, Yavuz Bingöl, and Sinan Çetin's two sons Rafael Cemo Çetin and Orfeo Çetin.

Filmography

Films

• 1982 - Çiçek Abbas (Director)
• 1982 - Çirkinler de Sever (Director)
• 1985 - 14 Numara (Director)
• 1986 - Prenses Gökyüzü (Director)
• 1993 - Berlin in Berlin (Director)
• 1995 - Bay E (Director)
• 1999 - Propaganda (Director)
• 2001 - Komser Şekspir (Director)
• 2002 - Banka (Director)
• 2004 - Okul (Producer)
• 2004 - Romantik (Director)
• 2005 - Pardon (Producer)
• 2005 - Şans Kapıyı Kırınca (Actor)
• 2010 - "Kağıt" (Director)

Television series

• 2004 - Avrupa Yakası
• 2006 - Sahte Prenses

Documentaries

• 1977 - Baskın
• 1977 - Halı Türküsü

References

External links

• Sinan Çetin at the Internet Movie Database
• Her 10 yılda bir başka Sinan Çetin, Asu Maro, January 23, 2008, Milliyet (Turkish)
• Biyografi.info - Biography of Sinan Çetin (Turkish)