
Person
Suha Arın
Directing · 1942–2004 · Balıkesir, Turkey
Biography
Suha Arın (January 23, 1942, Balıkesir - February 1, 2004, Istanbul) is a Turkish academic and documentary director. Described as "the pride and great master of Turkish documentary filmmaking," Arın completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Ankara. After receiving his BA in Film and Television Production and Directing from Howard University in Washington and his MA in Mass Communications-Government and Public Information from The American University, he worked as a director and screenwriter for the Ministry of National Education's Educational Film Center from 1962 onward. Between 1966 and 1967, he worked at Capital Film Labs in the United States. He also served as the Washington correspondent for Voice of America Radio, the International Cinema and TV Center (USIA), and TRT Washington, working as a translator and presenter.
Known for

Topkapi Palace
Director

Kariye
Director

40.000 Steps in the Grand Bazaar
Director

Three Days in Kula
Director

Dolmabahce and Atatürk
Director

Safranbolu'da Zaman
Director

The Ballad of the Wood
Director

Midas’s World
Director

The Topkapi Palace
Director

When the Fog Is Swept Away
Director
Filmography
- 1997Denktaş'ın FotoğraflarıDirector
- 1996İstanbul The Golden CityDirector
- 1991Topkapi PalaceDirector
- 1991The Topkapi PalaceDirector
- 1991AyasofyaDirector
- 1987The Ballad of the WoodDirector
- 1987Poets and HousesDirector
- 1987Erciyes’s FertilityDirector
- 1986When the Fog Is Swept AwayDirector
- 1985Camın TeriDirector
- 1984KariyeDirector
- 1984Anadolu'da Konutun ÖyküsüDirector
- 1983Three Days in KulaDirector
- 1981Dolmabahce and AtatürkDirector
- 198040.000 Steps in the Grand BazaarDirector
- 1979Fatma of the ForestDirector
- 1978The Unquenchable Fire of LyciaDirector
- 1977Safranbolu'da ZamanDirector
- 1977İstanbul'un Çağırdığı SuDirector
- 1977Two Seasons of UrartuDirector
- 1975Midas’s WorldDirector
- 1974From Hattis to HititesDirector
- —Yayalar İçin Trafik EmniyetiDirector
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