Umut Aral

Multi-screen storyteller and award-winning director Umut Aral was born in 1976, in Istanbul. Globally experienced and multi-lingual, Aral managed multi national and cultural teams, established partnerships and worked across Europe and Asia, mainly: UK, France, Italy, Holland, Hungary, Germany, Turkey and Mumbai. Throughout his career, Aral has demonstrated an affinity for breaking new ground across multiple screens. His wide body of work includes varied films, documentaries, TV commercials, music videos, TV series, viral videos, flash mobs, interactive videos, 360 and hologram videos. In 1999, Umut Aral directed his first short film called "Otuzdört / Thirtyfour". The film won awards in national film festivals and screened in numerous international film festivals receiving his first global recognition. In 2005, Aral directed, produced and wrote his second short film "Carpisma / Crash". Internationally acclaimed "Crash", won thirteen prestigious national and international awards and scr