Filmmaker: Tonguç Yaşar

http://www.kameraarkasi.org/yonetmenler/resimler/tongucyasar.jpg (16 Oct 2019).

Tonguç Yaşar

Dates active:

1969-1970 (as an amateur filmmaker)

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

2. Adana Altınkoza Film Festivali (1970), Kısa Metrajlı Filmler Yarışması, En İyi Film Ödülü [The 2nd Adana Golden Boll Film Festival

(1970), Short Film Contest - Best Film Prize]

3. Adana Altınkoza Film Festivali (1970), Kısa Metrajlı Filmler Yarışması, Jüri Özel Ödülü [The 3rd Adana Golden Boll Film Festival

(1970), Short Film Contest - Special Jury Prize]

9th Annecy International Animated Film Festival (1973)

Sinematek Dijital Sinema Kütüphanesi [Sinematek Digital Cinema Library] http://sinematek.tv/amentu-gemisi-nasil-yurudu-1970/ (1 Mar 2019).

Films:

Amentü Gemisi Nasıl Yürüdü? [How Was the Amentü Ship Steered?] (1969)

• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGFSZOyzBgc

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Profession:

Artist, Caricaturist/Cartoonist

Related Professional Works:

• Don Kişot (1970) [Don Quixote]
• Üç Hikaye (1973) [Three Stories]
• Düdük (1973) [Whistle]
• Kaptan (1973) [Captain]
• Yağmurdan Kaçan Adam (1973) [The One Who Runs away from the Rain]
• Hoca ile Hırsız (1978) [Hodja and Thief]
• Fil (1978, with Meral İmre) [Elephant]
• Kuş ve Avcı (1978, with Meral İmre) [Bird and Hunter]
• Suçlu Kim (1978) [Who is the Guilty?]
• Yağmur (1981) [Rain]
• Kaplumbağa ile Tavşan (1985) [Turtle and Rabbit]
• Nasreddin Hoca (1985)
• Cüppe (1986) [Cassock]
• Hırsız’ın Hiç Mi Kabahati Yok (1986) [Has the Thief No Crime?]
• Sağlığımızı Koruyalım (1990) [Protect our Health!]
• Balina ile Mandalina (1992) [The Whale and Cow]
• Güvercin İle Şahin (1992) [The Pigeon and Hawk]
• Ev (1993) [House]
• Öhö, öhö, öhö (1993)
• Topal Martı (1994) [The Lame Seagull]
• Türk Canlandırma Sineması (1994) [Turkish Animation Cinema]
• İlgi ile Bilgi (2005) [İlgi and Bilgi]

Biographical Notes:

Tonguç Yaşar, a renowned caricaturist in Turkey, was born in Istanbul in 1932. He started drawing caricature in 1952. His first caricature was published in Hür Adam magazine in 1952. He drew caricatures for weekly magazines such as Akbaba, Dolmuş, Tef, Taş Karikatür, and Yön; and daily newspapers including Vatan. Yaşar compiled his caricatures in the book Sülüname. He has received many awards for his caricatures and served as a jury member for many caricature competitions. He has had his solo caricature exhibitions in Turkey.

Bibliographic Resources:

http://www.turkishculture.org/whoiswho/visual-arts/illustrator-caricaturist/tonguc-yasar-2992.htm (4 December 2019).