Person
Yusuf Ölmez
Directing · Samsun, Türkiye
Biography
Graduated from Boğaziçi University with a major in Management and a minor in Film Studies. After completing his studies in Narrative Filmmaking at Prague Film School, he earned a Master’s degree at Boğaziçi University, focusing on media economics, political economy, and the cinema of Turkey. In 2023, he completed a second Master’s in Visual and Media Anthropology at MU Berlin, where he directed an ethnographic film in Togo. Based in Berlin, he works as a director, producer, and visual anthropologist.
Known for
Venus in the Fog
Writer
Alis
Co-Producer
Forgotten Solidarities
Associate Producer
Wall, The Wall
Writer
Deceptive Depths
Producer
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Executive Producer
Wild Women of Anatolia
Producer
Recce
Co-Producer
A Glass of Desire
Writer
Distant Close
Director
Filmography
- 2026Forgotten SolidaritiesAssociate Producer
- 2025AlisCo-Producer
- 2025All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel KurtizExecutive Producer
- 2024Wall, The WallWriter
- 2024RecceCo-Producer
- 2024Distant CloseDirector
- 2024Wild Women of AnatoliaProducer
- 2023Deceptive DepthsProducer
- 2022The BreakdownProducer
- 2021A Glass of DesireWriter
- 2020Venus in the FogWriter
- —Wind from the East (or 2021)Executive Producer
- —The Cremation SocietyProducer
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