İbrahim Sertaç KASAPLAR
İletişim Fakültesi, Radyo-Televizyon Ve Sinema Bölümü, Radyo Ve Televizyon Anabilim Dalı
Research areas: Social Sciences and Humanities, Communication Sciences, Mass Communications and Mass Media, Radio, Cinema and Television
<p>İbrahim Sertaç Kasaplar began his filmmaking journey in the 1990s, shooting sketches and skits with his middle school friends on VHS tapes.</p><p><br></p><p>He completed his undergraduate education at <em>Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema and Television</em> between 2003 and 2009. During his student years, he worked on more than thirty commercial and academic projects in Izmir and Çanakkale, serving in various roles such as assistant director, advertising director, cinematographer, and editing operator.</p><p><br></p><p>He gained international experience by participating in the Kosjerić Art Camp and Zlatibor Film Camp events held in Serbia. He has worked as an assistant director and production assistant on numerous feature films, television series, and advertising projects based in Istanbul. Additionally, he has worked on nearly 100 short films and served as a cameraman and editing operator on over 100 academic and artistic projects.</p><p><br></p><p>As an independent producer, Kasaplar has produced numerous short film projects and took on the role of producer for the first time in the feature-length film Buralar Güllük Gülistanlık (Here It's a Bed of Roses), completed in 2023. In this project, where he also served as director of photography and editing operator, he gained comprehensive experience both creatively and technically. Directed by Çağlar Çetin-Ayşe, the film was screened at approximately 20 international festivals and achieved remarkable distribution and commercial success as an independent production, being released in 32 countries and on 11 digital platforms through US-based distributors.</p><p><br></p><p>In the academic field, he completed his master's degree at the <em>Department of Media and Communication Studies, Institute of Social Sciences, İzmir Economy University</em>. He then completed his doctoral at the <em>Radio, Television, and Cinema Program of the Institute of Social Sciences at Ege University</em> with his thesis titled “<u>The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Technologies on the Film Industry's Labor Force.</u>” He currently continues his work as a full-time faculty member at the <em>Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema at the Faculty of Communication at Ege University.</em></p>