Aclan Bates
American film director
Aclan Bates is an American film and theatre director who divides his time between Los Angeles and Ankara. He is a working actor/director in the Turkish State Theatres.[citation needed]
Stage and Film work
Director/Actor
- 2019 Directed Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House for the Turkish State Theatres, Ankara[1]
- 2015 Directed the feature-length film Antikaci
- 2014 Directed Anton Chekhov's The Swan Song /A Marriage Proposal for the Turkish State Theatres, Ankara[2][3][4]
- 2013 Performed in Unutma Beni as Cevher
- 2012 Performed in Taken 2
- 2012 Directed Pinedus Affair
- 2011 Directed A War Story at the Realto
- 2009 A Taxi to Jannas
- 2009 Josephine, Studio 52 as "Pepito" and "Juan Perón" Los Angeles
- 2008 Directed Melegin Sırları[5] (Broken Angel)[6] and performed as "Hakan"
- 2008 Lincoln Heights "lead" Los Angeles
- 2007 Directed Standing By at the Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles
- 2006 Agır Roman (East Side Story), Istanbul National Ballet, Los Angeles Production at the Ford Amphitheatre, Production Supervisor[7]
- 2005 Directed The Trial for Write Act Repertory Theatre: Los Angeles[8][9]
- 2004 Produced and Directed Cesar Chavez Documentary
- 2004 Directed George Orwell's Animal Farm
- 2000–02 American Film Institute Hollywood, California Writer/Director
- 1991–2009 Turkish National Theatre, Ankara, Turkey
Actor/Director
- 1998–99 Jules Feiffer's Little Murders as "Kenny"
- 1996–98 Luigi Pirandello's Liola as "Liola"
- 1997–98 Directed Jean-Paul Sartre's The Flies
- 1996–98 David Hare's Skylight as "Edward"
- 1995–97 Anton Chekhov's The Seagull as "Treplev"
- 1994–95 Victor Haim's The Visitor as "Mataresco
- 1994–95 Directed Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechuan
- 1993–94 Georg Büchner's Woyzeck as Charlatan
- 1992–93 Necip Fazıl Kısakürek's Bir Adam Yaratmak (The Making of a Man) as "Mansur"
- 1991–92 One-man play, Kus by Coskun Irmak, Karalarin Memetleri as "Ali" by Cahit Atay, Ay Isiginda Samata as "Erol" by Haldun Taner, Genc Osman in various roles
- 1995–96 Turkish Radio and Television Ankara, Turkey
Actor
- Prime Time TV series Ferhunde Hanimlar as "Tayfun"
- 1991–99 TRT and Private Stations Ankara, Turkey
Education
- 2000—2002 American Film Institute, Directing. Hollywood, California. Masters of Fine Arts. Thesis Film: Condemned
- 1995–1999 Ankara University, Education Sciences Faculty. Education Programs & Training. Ankara, Turkey Masters of Arts. Thesis: Problems of Training Actors in Theatre Education Institutions
- 1991–1995 Hacettepe University, Ankara National Conservatory Theatre Department Ankara, Turkey Masters of Fine Arts Emphasis in Theatre Education and Directing
- 1987–1991 Hacettepe University, Ankara National Conservatory Theatre Department Ankara, Turkey. Bachelor of Arts
Translations
- Beth Henley, Crimes of the Heart
- David Mamet, Sexual Perversity in Chicago[10]
- George Orwell, Animal Farm (Nelson Bond's stage adaptation)
- Sarah Ruhl, Eurydice[11]
- Sarah Ruhl, The Clean House[11]
- Sarah Ruhl, Late, A cowboy Song[11]
- Joe Masteroff, Cabaret[2]
- Alan Ball, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
- Sarah Kane, 4:48 Psychosis
References
- ^ "T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Devlet Tiyatroları". www.devtiyatro.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
- ^ a b "Aclan Büyüktürkoğlu | tiyatrolar.com.tr". tiyatrolar.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "Devlet Tiyatroları'ndan 'Çehov Haftası'". Haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "Kuğu'nun şarkısı 'bir evlenme teklifi' | Okur Yazar" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "Hollywood'da çekilen film Doğu'daki öğrencilere yaradı". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "Aclan Bates - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ ":: AYSUN ASLAN ::". www.aysunaslan.com. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "THE TRIAL". www.backstage.com. 2004-03-31. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "The Trial | Los Angeles | reviews, cast and info". TheaterMania. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ "Oyun Tanıtım | Sexual Perversity In Chicago | Onk Ajans" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ a b c "Translations | Sarah Ruhl". www.sarahruhlplaywright.com. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
External links
- 2020 Anadolu Ajans syndicated review of Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House (in Turkish)
- 2020 Milliyet Newspaper review of Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House Turkish National Theatre, Ankara (in Turkish)
- Aclan Bates at IMDb
- Aclan Bates bio on aktuelsinema.com (in Turkish)
- 2017 Haberaks TV interview (in Turkish) - Haber Media Group
- 2015 Anadolu Ajans article on the making of Antikaci (in Turkish)
- 2011 article on Aclan Bates in Hurriyet Newspaper (in Turkish)[1]
- 2009 i nterview about Aclan Bates' Filmstar Performing Arts Center (in Turkish)
- 2008 Sinemalar.com interview with Aclan Bates about the making of Broken Angel (in Turkish)
- 2007 Article in Turks of America Magazine (v.5 issue 24) about Aclan Bates and Broken Angel (in English and Turkish)
- 2002 InterSinema.com Article/Interview "A Turk in Hollywood" (in Turkish)
- 2002 InterSinema.com article "Warner Bros. in contract with a Turk" (in Turkish)
- 2000 Cumhuriyet Newspaper article about Aclan Bates' thesis film for AFI, Condemned (in Turkish)
