Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
Producer · Born January 1, 1966 (60) · Istanbul, Turkey
Zeynep Atakan, who graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema and Television, worked actively in the advertising sector between 1986-1999 and specialised in the field of production during these years. In 2010, she was awarded the European Film Academy "Eurimages Producer of the Year" award. In the same year, Atakan founded Yapimlab Workshops, which aims to transfer experience and knowledge to young people in the field of cinema. Today, he still provides 360-degree trainings in the field of cinema with Yapimlab. Since 2014, she has been the vice-president of the European Women Audiovisual Network, which aims to promote equal opportunities for women in audiovisual production in Europe and around the world. Between 2011-2017, she served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Professional Association of Cinema Producers. In 2014, she was awarded the Flying Broom Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award. Winter Sleep, which he produced, won the Palme d'Or, the most prestigious award of the festival, at the 67th Cannes Film Festival. Again in 2014, he launched Antalya Film Forum, a co-production and project development market organised within the scope of the International Antalya Film Festival and served as its director until 2018. In 2010, he founded YAPIMLAB to share his knowledge and experience with new generations, and he conducts workshops with national and international new generation filmmakers. Since 2016, he has been the artistic director of the Sabanci Foundation Short Film Platform, launched by the Sabanci Foundation. He organises the Turkey section of the 'Young Audience Award', a project of the European Film Academy. He is a member of the Oscar Academy, European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Academy. She continues as a film producer and trainer with Zeyno Film and Yapimlab, which she founded. IMDb Mini Bio By; yusufpiskin
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1966 (60)
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Zeynep Özbatur Atakan's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 6 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Zeynep Özbatur Atakan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Zeynep Özbatur Atakan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.
Filmography
13 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Supporting Role (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Dokunduğum Yürekler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Hilal, Feza and Other Planets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Solo Mode (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
It Must Be Heaven(2019)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Wild Pear Tree(2018)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Winter Sleep(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Three Monkeys(2008)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Climates(2006)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
In Nowhere Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Lola and Billy the Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Man vs. Flock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 1999 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Winter Sleep (2014)
Highest rated
Winter Sleep (2014)
Most popular right now
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Zeynep Özbatur Atakan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 93rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 90th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
Shape of the crowd
None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 3 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Zeynep Özbatur Atakan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Zeynep Özbatur Atakan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Zeynep Özbatur Atakan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nuri Bilge Ceylan shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Nuri Bilge CeylanShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writers
- Ebru CeylanShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Ebru Ceylan
- Ercan KesalShared titles: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Ercan Kesal
Actors
- Ahmet Rifat SungarShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Three Monkeys (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Ahmet Rifat Sungar
- Tamer LeventShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Tamer Levent
Cinematographers and editors
- Gökhan TiryakiShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Gökhan Tiryaki
- Bora GöksingölShared titles: Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Bora Göksingöl
- Ayhan ErgürselShared titles: Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Ayhan Ergürsel
Producers
- Alexandre Mallet-GuyShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Alexandre Mallet-Guy
- Muzaffer YildirimShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Muzaffer Yildirim
- Olivier PèreShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Olivier Père
- Cemal NoyanShared titles: Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Cemal Noyan
