Mesut Ulutaş is an Istanbul based film editor. Born in 1979 in Ankara, graduated from Ankara State Conservatory Musicology department. He worked as an editor on over 20 feature-length film and documentary projects including The Partical (Zerre, 2012), for which he won awards at MUFF Malatya International Film Festival and the SIYAD Turkish Film Critics Association Awards. As well as editing, Ulutaş recently worked as a producer for the first time on The Pigeon (Güvercin), which was nominated for the 68th Berlinale Generation 14Plus Best Feature, the GWFF First Feature awards and the APSA for Best Youth Feature Film.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
