Mahsun Kirmizigül

Mahsun Kirmizigül

actor, writer, director

Mahsun Kirmizigül was born on Mar 26, 1969 in Turkey. Mahsun Kirmizigül's big-screen debut came with Beyaz Melek directed by Mahsun Kirmizigül in 2007, strarring Keke Ali. Mahsun Kirmizigül is known for The Miracle directed by Mahsun Kirmizigül, Talat Bulut stars as Mahir and Mert Turak as Aziz. Mahsun Kirmizigül has got 10 awards and 10 nominations so far. The most recent award Mahsun Kirmizigül achieved is International Izmir Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Mahsun Kirmizigül plays is Vezir Parmagi which will be released on Jan 25, 2017.

Mahsun Kirmizigul, who was born into a large family, completed primary and secondary schools in Diyarbakir. He came to Istanbul with great hopes from city where he was born and raised. His big dream was to be an artist. On the one hand, while struggling with the difficult conditions of Istanbul alone; On the other hand, he made 6 albums at the age of being a child, but he could not achieve what he desired.The artist, who did not lose hope, had decided to study conservatory then he graduated from Istanbul University, State Conservatory Singing Department. Following his music education, Mahsun Kirmizigul, released "Alem Buysa" album in the year of 1993, almost turn upside-down the list in the music world and he became famous.Mahsun Kirmizigul, who was born into a large family, completed primary and secondary schools in Diyarbakir. He came to Istanbul with great hopes from city where he was born and raised. His big dream was to be an artist. On the one hand, while struggling with the difficult conditions of Istanbul alone; On the other hand, he made 6 albums at the age of being a child, but he could not achieve what he desired.The artist, who did not lose hope, had decided to study conservatory then he graduated from Istanbul University, State Conservatory Singing Department. Following his music education, Mahsun Kirmizigul, released "Alem Buysa" album in the year of 1993, almost turn upside-down the list in the music world and he became famous.The artist, who made all the difference to the music world, generated his own music style in the 90's. As one of Turkey's best voices, Mahsun Kirmizigul, who dragged millions after him, achieved an unequalled success in the music world. The artist reached a total of 16 million sales charts with 7 albums, 1 maxi single and 1 single released in 11 years. The artist, who gave hundreds of concerts on 5 continents, was the most well-known musician in the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Balkans apart from Turkey. The famous musician took a radical decision in the mid-2000s and took a break from music and dedicated himself to explaining the problems of his country and making communal films.His movies have been watched approximately by 20 million people in domestic and foreign cinemas, for 16 years of giving break music. He produced 6 films that are expressed as among the masterpiece of Turkish cinema. When the artist was getting financial gain far so much in the peak of his success as a musician, he took his interest in his country's issues, which were ignored, and produced proposition films.The artist, who was passionately attached to the cinema in his childhood; got a big break with Beyaz Melek, the first movie that he wrote, directed, starred in and composed music for. While Beyaz Melek became the "most-watched movie" among domestic and foreign films released in Turkey in 2007; It won the 'Best Film' and 'Best Director awards at the 41st Houston Film Festival.Mahsun Kirmizigul, with his second movie 'I Saw the Sun' in 2009; boldly displayed a 25-year-old unsolvable social problem. The film, which had a great impact at home and abroad, was Turkey's Oscar nominee. "I Saw the Sun", which was the "Most Watched Movie of the Year" in the drama category in Turkey the year it was in the vision, received two awards at the same time in the "Best Performance" and "Best Cinematography" categories at the Singapore International Film Festival."Five Minarets in New York", the first script of which he wrote in 1998 and developed in 11 years, took its place on the big screen as Mahsun Kirmizigul's third feature film. Focusing on the blood feud of two Kurdish characters from Bitlis, the movie became Turkey's most-watched drama in the year it was released. "Mucize", which he wrote as the 4. film is inspired by a real story, win great recognition and it once again broke the record at the box office and became Turkey's most-watched drama film in the drama category in the year it was released.The 5. film of the artist, who tried to tell the story of a dishonest Judge, who was corrupt in the Ottoman period, defrauded people by exploiting religion, in a funny language in the film "Vezir Parmagi", was banned by the Governorships in 36 locations. The film, which does not contain a single word of profanity, was limited to the age of 18 by the Ministry of Culture, and outdoor advertisements of the film were banned. While the posters of the movie were torn from the billboards, the world of cinema fell into silence. Unions and cinema professional associations could not even make a single statement for the censored and banned film "Vezir Parmagi". Despite all the blocking, censorship and defamation, the movie was watched by approximately 800,000 people.The artist, continuing his cinema passion, produced "Mucize" as the 6. film and "Mucize Ask 2" as a sequel. The sequel "Mucize Ask 2" made it to the top again, with over 2 million box offices in theatres.Mahsun Kirmizigul took part as a director, screenwriter and actor in 6 movies that he transferred to the movie screen; broke new ground by making the soundtracks of his films and went down in the history of Turkish cinema. Artist; With his 6 films, he became the filmmaker who does well at the box office in the last 40 years in the drama category in Turkey.The legendary artist, who received hundreds of awards in music and cinema, started to work on albums again in 2019. He returned to the music world, where he took a break for 16 years, in the first seconds of 2022. The artist, who put out the first album of the new year to be released in the world, so to speak left his mark in 2022 by adding innovation and movement to the music world.Mahsun Kirmizigul, who appeared in front of his fans with the album "Hos Geldin" consisting of 17 songs, at a time when artists did not dare to make an album, also exhibit his difference.He made the premiere of the album on New Year's Eve on a TV channel before social media and digital platforms. At the gala night, millions of fans of the artist were watching him on the screens. The artist, who made a great difference in the music world, broke new ground again by making the whole album of Dollbey Atmos a new generation sound extension. The artist has made a place for himself in "World Global" on digital platforms. Returning to music with new experimental work, the artist gave a place, Turkish Pop, Fusion, Edm, Progressive House, Anatolian Rock, Latin, Trap, Alternative, Authentic Music, Ragatoon, Acoustic, Turkish Folk Music and Arabesque music genres in his album.

  • Birthday

    Mar 26, 1969
  • Place of Birth

    Diyarbakir, Turkey

Known For

Awards

10 wins & 10 nominations

International Izmir Film Festival
2020
Best Screenplay (Film)
Winner - Golden Artemis
Mucize 2: Ask (2019)
2020
Best Music
Winner - Golden Artemis
Mucize 2: Ask (2019)
2020
Best Director (Film)
Winner - Golden Artemis
Mucize 2: Ask (2019)
Tokyo International Film Festival
2009
Günesi Gördüm (2009)
Winner - Asian Film Award - Special Mention
2009
Günesi Gördüm (2009)
Winner - Asian Film Award - Special Mention
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