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

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

Release Date1995-03-06

Charactersd Nominee

Episode Count3

Altın Koza

Release Date1969-05-22

Charactersd Self - Jury

Episode Count1

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 Date2024-01-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count15

Heist School

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

Release Date2006-10-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count86

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 Date2015-02-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count17

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 Date2009-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count211

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 Date2016-01-07

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count35

Kendi Yolumda

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

Release Date2022-11-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

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

Release Date2001-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Another You

Mümtaz and Derya are condemned to live out their last moments each day in someone else's skin.

Release Date2025-03-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count33

Vizontele

The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.

Release Date2001-02-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count182

D.I.S.C.O

The operation, which has been carried out in secret by the D.I.S.C.O. intelligence agency for a long time, fails because of Agent Ertan. Ertan, who was suspended from the organization, goes on vacation with his wife Seda. Here, the path crosses with Bandırma Hair Dryer First Zafer and his wife Aynur. Zafer, who learned about Ertan's profession, has only one condition to be silent. To finish Ertan's unfinished operation together. Because the organization that the organization is after is in the same hotel and the fate of the operation is in the hands of Ertan. Ertan, who has never been a field agent in his life, embarks on the operation by having to include Zafer. The unexpected support of Seda and Aynur will change everything.

Release Date2026-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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 Date2011-02-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count100

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 Date2021-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count7

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 Date2004-11-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count354

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.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Tertemiz

Release Date2024-12-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count3

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 Date1999-11-26

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Vote Count3

Cem Yılmaz: One Taste One Texture

Cem Yılmaz's stand-up show Bir Tat Bir Doku took place in 1999 and was released in cinemas in 2001. It consists of a total of six shows.

Release Date1999-09-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count65

Love Likes Coincidences 2

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

Release Date2020-01-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

Bandırma Füze Kulübü

When the calendars showed the 1950s, curiosity and interest in space had reached new heights, and many countries from Europe to Asia, led by the United States and the Soviet Union, had launched space programs and entered into fierce competition to reach beyond the unknowns of the sky. By 1957, the Soviet Union had become the first country to launch a rocket into space with Sputnik, followed by the United States as the second to make history. During these years, high school students and their friends living in Bandırma were inspired by Sputnik to pursue their dreams of space exploration. Despite lacking a space program, government support, or financial resources, they established the "Bandırma Rocket Club" with the aim of launching a rocket into space.

Release Date2022-10-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9