feel free to contact : gokhanokur [at] gmail.com
location : Istanbul, Turkey
bio : He makes illustrations and motion works for the last 7 years.
His work was shown
in several festival in USA,Canada,Poland, Italy, UK, Germany, Turkey
Now he graduated from master degree in Sabancı University in visual communication design
and works as a freelance designer.
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Awards:
- Jury Award, 2. Rotaract Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
- 2. Prize, NYCR 2006 International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey and New York, USA, 2007
- Best video/film/animation Award, Terminal 00 Balkan Art Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2006
- F – Chair Jury Award, Terminal 00 Balkan Art Festival , Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2006
- Best Music Video Award, Planet Ant Film Festival &Video Festival, Detroit, USA, 2006
- Finalist - Motion Graphics Category, San Francisco Flashforward Film Festival, USA, 2005
- 6th prize , Orgasmikdesign.com, Resist illustration competition, Italy, 2005
- 2nd prize , Hacettepe University poster design competition, Turkey, 2005
Festivals:
- Little Red Riding Hood
- If Istanbul Independent Film Festival 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
- 5th Akbank Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008
- Istanbul Animation Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008
- 2 Hit Combo
- 28th Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
- Animatu International Digital Animation Festival, Beja, Portugal, 2009
- Le:60 1-Minute Film Festival, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2008
- Istanbul Animation Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008
- 5th Akbank Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008
- 45th Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya, Turkey, 2008
- Mobilization Exercises
- NYCR 2006 International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey and New York, USA, 2007
- 5th Ofensiva International Film Festival, Wraclow, Poland, 2007
- Terminal 00, Balkan Art Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007
- Animatu Digital Animation Festival, Portugal, 2007
- Festival Miden - Contemporary video art, Kalamata, Greece, 2007
- If Istanbul Independent Film Festival 2007, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007
- Arcipelago, 15th International Festival of Short Films and New Images, Rome, Italy, 2007
- ReAnimacja Festival, Lodz, Poland, 2007
- 18th Ankara International Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey, 2007
- Last Train Ride
- Festival Miden - Contemporary video art, Kalamata, Greece, 2007
- The Geopolitics of the Animation, Sevilla, Spain, 2007
- Local Point TV, USA, 2007
- Futureshorts, May Program, Columbia, 2007
- ReAnimacja Festival, Lodz, Poland, 2007
- Futureshorts, March Program, London, UK, 2007
- NYCR 2006 International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey and New York, USA, 2006
- 8. NY Turkish Film Festival, New York, USA, 2006
- Mestre Film Fest - Ninth Edition, Venice, Italy , 2006
- Terminal 00, Balkan Art Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2006
- International Short Film Festival, Detmold, Germany, 2006
- Planet Ant Film Festival &Video Festival, Detroit, USA, 2006
- ONEDOTZERO 10, London, UK , 2006
- 25th International Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006
- Hisar Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006
- 18th Istanbul Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006
- If Istanbul Independent Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006
- Noci
- San Francisco Flashforward Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, 2005
- If Istanbul Independent Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005
- Ottawa Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada, 2005
- Wraclow Short Film Festival, Wraclow, Poland, 2005
- Lutrilisona
- Akbank Short Film Fest, Istanbul,Turkey, 2006
- Mestre Film Fest - Ninth Edition, Venice, Italy , 2006
- Streaming Festival, Netherlands, 2006
Exhibitions:
- Galataperform Visibility Project 3, Littel Red Riding Hood Audiovisual Performance, November 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
- Chashama Gallery, November 2006, Manhattan, NYC, USA
- Lumen Eclipse Gallery, August 2006, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Paris 'Who is Next' Fashion show exhibition, February 2006, France
Speaker:
- Istanbul Technical University, Architecture Department, “Architecture and Illustration Seminar”, 2007, Turkey
- Istanbul University, Cinema & TV Department, “2D Digital Animation Seminar”, 2006, Turkey
- Sabanci Museum, Picasso Exhbitition Gallery Speaker, 2005, Turkey
- Osmangazi University, 'How to handle given concept?' Seminar, 2005, Turkey
Awards for Academic Excellence:
- Sabancı University, Full Scholarship, Turkey, 2006
- Hacettepe University, Accommodation expenses grant at San Francisco, Turkey, 2005
- Ministry of Culture, Travel expenses grant to San Francisco, Turkey, 2005
Publications:
- Digital Arts, April-June 2006, Turkey (Full time writer)
- Compendium - Designers Style Book, 2006, Italy
- Etapes Magazine, issue 127, Dec/2005, France
Skills:
- Software : Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, After Effects, Premier, Dreamweaver , Sound Forge, Acid Loops, MS Office
- Programming Languages : C, Matlab, Processing
- Language : Turkish (native) , English (advanced) , Japanese (basic)
