Ömer Faruk Sorak

He was born on 27 April 1964 in Ankara, graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Communication. His professional career started in TRT between years 1987 - 1990 as assistant cameraman and 1990 - 1995 as a cameraman. From 1995 on, he has worked as DOP and Director. He has directed numerous commercials, music videos, TV shows, documentaries and feature films in Böcek Yapim, the production company he has incorporated in February 1998. His feature film directorial debut is Vizontele (2001) that he co-directed with Yilmaz Erdogan and marks a new era in Turkish cinema as the first film passing 3 million local admissions. His second film the sci-fi comedy G.O.R.A. (2004) brought him another record, being the first film that surpassed 4 million local admissions. His next feature Heist School (2006) is an edgy youth comedy criticizing the educational system which also features Jean-Claude Van Damme in its cast. His fourth film Yahsi Bati (2009) pioneers in the genre of Turkish Western Comedy.

Works

Başka Bir Sen

Release Date:2025-03-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Tertemiz

Release Date:2024-12-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:1

3391 Kilometers

Would you fall in love with a person whose voice you haven't heard for months, whose face you haven't touched, you can't smell, you don't even have the chance to pass by the same street, you can't even be in the same photo, who is miles away from you, even by seas, islands and cities?

Release Date:2024-01-12

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:13

Kendi Yolumda

It follows a man as he gets an epiphany in a repair shop and ends up becoming a mechanic's apprentice.

Release Date:2022-11-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Bandırma Füze Kulübü

Release Date:2022-10-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6

The Void

Esma is a beautiful, ambitious and strong woman who is the second boss of her father's law firm. Filiz is a stubborn but fragile lawyer candidate. One murder will cross the paths of these two different women. But how?

Release Date:2021-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:6

Love Likes Coincidences 2

An unforgettable love that overcomes all obstacles, even time, distance and falling apart.

Release Date:2020-01-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:8

Intersection

Naz who is a paediatrician loses her baby during pregnancy. Even though her husband wants another baby, she refuses to go through the same thing all over again. She goes to Italy for a conference and meets Ali Nejat there.

Release Date:2016-01-07

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:34

8 Seconds

Esra leads two parallel lives. In her daily life the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships. In her dream life, she yearns to discover the identity of the man who visits her dreams. While in waking life she struggles in vain, in her dream life she evolves in secret. But what if waking and dreaming were never separate and the real secret is shored by all?

Release Date:2015-02-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:11

Love Likes Coincidences

Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crushes into Omer's car. This accident causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time... This accident is the threshold of the coincidences that bring Ozgur and Deniz together.

Release Date:2011-02-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:93

Yahşi Batı

Aziz and Lemi must recover a diamond gifted by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to the U.S. President which has been stolen by bandits in the American wild west.

Release Date:2009-12-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:192

Heist School

Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.

Release Date:2006-10-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:79

G.O.R.A.

Carpet dealer and UFO photo forger Arif is abducted by aliens and must outwit the evil commander-in-chief of G.O.R.A., the planet where he is being held.

Release Date:2004-11-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:330

CMYLMZ 0100111000110000111011

This is the movie that Cem Yılmaz showed to his audiences before he started his stand-up show in 2000s.

Release Date:2001-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

The Elevator

Really bad samples of new generation Turkish films. This film reflects the director's non ripen cinema culture. He use too incomprehensible objects and metaphor. Basic, non merry, boring sample of non-traditional Turkish cinema.

Release Date:1999-11-26

Department:Camera

Job:Director of Photography

Vote Count:3

Cem Yılmaz: One Taste One Texture

Release Date:1999-09-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:49

Garip Bülbül Neşet Ertaş

Garip Bülbül is about the life story of the great bard Neşet Ertaş. Neşet Ertaş, who signed 400 records and many cassettes throughout his life, wrote many poems under the pen name "Garip". The film tells the unknowns about both the private and career life of Neşet Ertaş, who passed away in 2012.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

Release Date:1995-03-06

Character:Nominee

Episode Count:2