Filmmaker: Simber Atay

https://haber.yasar.edu.tr/genel/resim-ve-yeni-sanat-yaklasimlarina-akademik-bakis.html (11 November 2019).

Simber Atay

Dates active:

1980 (as an amateur filmmaker)

Gender:

Female

Awards/Recognition:

Sinematek Dijital Sinema Kütüphanesi [Sinematek Digital Cinema Library]

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Profession:

Academician

Biographical Notes:

“Simber Atay was born in Gaziantep (1958). She studied at Ege University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema-TV (1976-1980). Her undergraduate thesis was titled, “Kemal Sunal Comedy” (1980), her master’s thesis “The Early Period of Photography and Ottoman Photographers” (1983), and her Ph.D. Thesis: “Approaches in Turkish Film Critics” (1990). She is a professor at Dokuz Eylül University. She lectures currently at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Photography and Department of Film Design; Faculty of Education, Department of Painting; Institute of Fine Arts. She also lectured between 2006–2011 at Anadolu University, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Department of Journalism. Her research interests include Postmodern Cinema, Philosophy of Distance Education, E-Learning Culture, and Theories of Photography. Her Lessons: Theories Of Photography I-II-III-IV (undergraduate), Photography Techniques i-II (undergraduate), Photo-Project I-II(undergraduate), Theories of Postmodernism and Art of Cinema (Ph.D.), Cultural Memory and Art of Cinema (Ph.D.).”

Bibliographic Resources:

https://www.igi-global.com/affiliate/simber-atay/287959 (11 November 2019).