SILA KARAKAYA PRODUCTION AND SCENIC DESIGNER
www.silakarakaya.com
msilakarakaya@gmail.com
SELECTED RECENT MOVIES and COMMERCIALS
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PRODUCTION: Baskın
DIRECTOR: Can Evrenol
COMPANY: MO Film
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: current
*promoted in 2014 Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
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PRODUCTION: Krüger
DIRECTOR: Marc Andreas Boehnke
COMPANY: ANKA Film
POSITION: Art Director to Susanne Dieringer
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Fundamentals (Temeller)
DIRECTOR: İlker Çatak
COMPANY: ANKA Film Hamburg Media School
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Havva (Eve)
DIRECTOR: Güçlü Aydoğdu
COMPANY: MO Film
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Love and Math
DIRECTOR: Can Evrenol
COMPANY: MO Film
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: current
*promoted in 2014 Cannes Film Festival
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PRODUCTION: Shutterstock
DIRECTOR: Güney Soykan
COMPANY: TBWA- Filmpark
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Commercial Series
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Panzehir (Antidote)
DIRECTOR: Alper Çağlar
COMPANY: ÇağlarArts & Insignia Film
POSITION: Art Director to Nina Brejch Andersen
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Afife Tiyatro Ödülleri
DIRECTOR: Batu Akyol
COMPANY: Loyka Productions
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Documentary
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Baskın
DIRECTOR: Can Evrenol
COMPANY: SO Productions
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2013
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PRODUCTION: Kelebeğin Rüyası (The Butterfly’s Dream)
DIRECTOR: Yılmaz Erdoğan
COMPANY: BKM & Böcek Yapım
POSITION: Asst. Art Director to Hakan Yarkın
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: 2013
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PRODUCTION: Sarıkamış: Eve Dönüş 1915 (The Long Way Home)
DIRECTOR: Alphan Eşeli
COMPANY: Böcek Yapım
POSITION: Asst. Art Director to Tural Polat
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: 2013
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PRODUCTION: Redhook Summer
DIRECTOR: Spike Lee
COMPANY: 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks
POSITION: Art Director to Sarah Frank
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: 2012
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PRODUCTION: Da Brick: Mike Tyson
DIRECTOR: Spike Lee
COMPANY: Radio Free Dixie Productions (HBO Channel)
POSITION: Art Department asst. to Sarah Frank
CATEGORY: TV series
DATE: 2012
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PRODUCTION: American Viral
DIRECTOR: E. Barnes, E. Yau, A. Cepeda, G. Lemaire
COMPANY: Independent
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Viral Series
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Leaving Circadia
DIRECTOR: Ewan Weinstein
COMPANY: Mainline Films
POSITION: Asst. Art Director to Neslihan Arslan
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Goodbye Winter
DIRECTOR: Fred Guerrier
COMPANY: Wrongfred Pictures
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: 2010
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PRODUCTION: New York’ta Beş Minare (Five Minarets in New York)
DIRECTOR: Mahsun Kırmızıgül
COMPANY: Greenpine Films
POSITION: Asst. Art Director to John El Manahi
CATEGORY: Feature Film
DATE: 2010
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PRODUCTION: Taste of Others
DIRECTOR: Achim Neufeld
COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film& TV
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Lovers
DIRECTOR: Liam Brady
COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Crystal Sessions
DIRECTOR: AnnaRose King
COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Bittersweet Ecstasy
DIRECTOR: Michael Wood
COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Together
DIRECTOR: Gabrielle Demeestere
COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Heal
DIRECTOR: Drew Leary
COMPANY: Brotherhood Films
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2010
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PRODUCTION: A Hand in Love
DIRECTOR: Emily Ray Reese
COMPANY: Ray Reese Films
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2010
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PRODUCTION: The Rake
DIRECTOR: Ash Bhalla
COMPANY: Third Eye Pictures
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2010
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PRODUCTION: Night of the Date
DIRECTOR: Kate Tsang
COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: MAC Cosmetic Commercials
DIRECTOR: Ash Bhalla
COMPANY: Third Eye Pictures
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: TV Commercial
DATE: 2010
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PRODUCTION: Health Plus Commercials
DIRECTOR: Dominique DeLeon
COMPANY: Special Boy Films
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: TV Commercial
DATE: 2009
SELECTED RECENT THEATER PLAYS and DANCE PIECES
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PRODUCTION: Zübük
DIRECTOR: Nedim Saban (asst dir: Bülent Seyran)
COMPANY: Tiyatrokare
POSITION: Scenic and Costume Designer
CATEGORY: Theater
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Derme Çatma Hamlet
DIRECTOR: Çiğdem Selışık Onat
COMPANY: Derme Çatma Stage
POSITION: Scenic Designer and Actor
CATEGORY: Theater
DATE: 2014
*premiered at 2014 Istanbul Theater Festival
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PRODUCTION: Kuşlar – Aristophanes (The Birds)
DIRECTOR: Kubilay Karslıoğlu
COMPANY: Bilgi University MAP-PA Depts.
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Theater
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Donmuş Rüya (Frozen Dream)
DIRECTORS: Julia Ritter and Ayrin Ersöz
COMPANIES: Bilgi University, Rutgers University, Yıldız Teknik University
POSITION: Lighting Designer
CATEGORY: Immersive Dance Theater
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Karo Kadın (Lady of Diamonds)
DIRECTOR: İlkay Türkoğlu
COMPANY: Derme Çatma Stage
POSITION: Scenic Designer
CATEGORY: Dance
DATE: 2014
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PRODUCTION: Olmamış mı? (Isn’t it?)
DIRECTOR: Fatih Gençkal
COMPANY: Studio 4
POSITION: Scenic Designer
CATEGORY: Theater
DATE: 2013
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PRODUCTION: Rosencrantz ve Guildenstern Öldüler (Rose. and Guild. are Dead)
DIRECTOR: Abdullah Cabaluz
COMPANY: Oyunbaz
POSITION: Scenic Designer
CATEGORY: Theater
DATE: 2012
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PRODUCTION: This is My Dance
DIRECTOR: Korhan Başaran
COMPANY: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
POSITION: Scenic Designer
CATEGORY: Dance
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Nathan the Wise
DIRECTOR: Barbara Bosch
COMPANY: CUNY Hunter College
POSITION: Scenic Designer
CATEGORY: Theater
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Cold War
DIRECTORS: Tiisetso Ddladla
COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: Three Men
DIRECTORS: Joyce Wu
COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
POSITION: Production Designer
CATEGORY: Short Film
DATE: 2011
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PRODUCTION: The Ruby Sunrise
DIRECTOR: Pamela Berlin
COMPANY: NYU Tisch Graduate Acting dept.
POSITION: Scenic Designer
CATEGORY: Theater
DATE: 2009
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PRODUCTION: Bir Ölümün Kahramanı- Bir Kahramanın Ölümü
DIRECTOR: Manfred Bormann
COMPANY: Üç Nokta Oyuncuları
POSITION: Scenic Designer
CATEGORY: Theater
DATE: 2009
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PRODUCTION: From Ashes
DIRECTORS: Alisa Behrens and Sumi Clements
COMPANY: NYU Tisch Graduate Dance dept.
POSITION: Scenic Designer
CATEGORY: Dance
DATE: 2008
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, MFA, New York University, Tisch, Design for Stage and Film, Production and Scenic
Design, New York. 2011.
Master of Fine Arts, MFA, Parsons the New School for Design, Department of Architecture, Lighting
Design, New York. 2008.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA, Bilkent University, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Ankara,
Turkey. 2006.
International Baccalaureate Degree, TED Ankara Koleji, Ankara, Turkey. 2002.
Acting and Movement, Derme Çatma Stage. Acting coach: Çiğdem Selışık Onat. İstanbul, Turkey. 2012current.
AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS
O1-B Extraordinary Talented Artist Visa by the Government of the United States of America. Current.
Seidman Award for the Excellence in Design. 2011.
Ettinger Award for the Excellence in Design. 2011.
Riese Foundation Award for the movie “Goodbye Winter”. 2011.
Tisch GSO Interdisciplinary Design Award. 2010.
Interview on the Recent Design Work, Publication in Bilkent Magazine, Turkey. 2010.
New York University Tisch Design Fellowship. 2009.
IALD Enlighten Conference, Montreal, Canada, Delegate. 2008.
Ranked as the First Person in the graduation, Department of Fine Arts, Bilkent University, Ankara,
Turkey. 2006.
SKILLS
Hand Drafting, Computer Drafting (Vectorworks, AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max), ModelBuilding,
Storyboarding, Photoshop,
Illustrator, InDesign Office Suite, Video Editting (AfterEffects, Adobe Premiere),
Black and White Photography (development and dark room)
Language (Turkish- native, English-fluent, Italian- intermediate), Open Water Diver- 1 starred.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Bilgi University. Production Design. Management of Performing Arts Department MAP261,
Interior Architecure Department IND 335, Fashion Design Department FBA351. Fall- Spring 2014 .
Kadir Has University. Theater Department. Production Design TH409. Spring 2015.
FURTHER WORK EXPERIENCE, New York
L’observatoire International Design Studio, Architectural Lighting, Assistant Designer of the Project
Manager.2008.
Susan Brady Lighting Design, Architectural Lighting, Assistant Designer of the Project Manager. 2007.