Zeynep Özbatur Atakan is a film producer whose recent credits include the award-winning Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008) and Climates (2002), all directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. She graduated from Marmara University Department of Cinema and Television in 1991. Ms Özbatur Atakan has been working in film and commercial production since 1986. In 1994, she became one of the founding members of CO Productions, which produced numerous commercials. She recently founded her own production company, Zeyno Film, which is also involved in training young professionals in the Turkish cinema industry. Ms Özbatur Atakan won the 2011 APSA Jury Grand Prize for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia and is a member of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.
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