Born
in 19 May 1972, Ankara/Turkey as the second child to a family originating from
the Agri province which is located furthest to the east of the country, Özcan
Deniz spent most of his childhood in Aydın at the Aegean region after his family
migrated when he was 5. He started to earn a living for both himself and his
family at a very young age as a singer and formed his own orchestra when he was
only 14 called the Mavi Deniz (Blue Sea). He moved to Germany in 1989. His big
break in music came when a producer discovered his musical talent while he was
performing in Germany and he returned to Turkey in 1991. He rose to stardom as
a Turkish hit singer in the 90s and 2000s with many hit albums and many awards
to follow. His passion for cinema and story telling turned his focus to acting
and he personified many unforgettable characters in Turkish prime time TV
series and Cinema. Out of the TV projects he starred ‘Asmalı Konak’ in 2002 and
‘Haziran Gecesi’ in 2004 which he co-created still has an unbroken viewer
rayting record holding up and are pointed as the source for growth of Turkish
TV Series industry over the years as a prominent force with foreign sales all
over the world. Özcan Deniz has worked in 10 feature projects up to date. 4 of which
he wrote and directed. He participated as the storywriter and the creative
supervisor for another. He also acted in 9 of these projects. With his
background as a musician Özcan also left his mark on the scoring and
soundtracks of the projects he created. He influenced a generation of up coming
musicians while getting praise for the arthouse films he acted in at many
festivals over the world. On the popular side he achieved fame around the world
with his popular TV series and successful blockbuster feature films. He is
acting as the lead of his new TV series ‘Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün’ with high
raytings and international distribution and is the face of coca cola 2015 and
2016 in Turkey. Following are his feature film projects:
1994
/ Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle (As Actor)
2003
/ O Şimdi Asker (As Actor)
2004
/ Neredesin Firuze? (As Actor and Storywriter)
2004
/ Asmalı Konak: Hayat (As Actor) TV Series
2007
/ Keloğlan Kara Prense Karşı (As Actor)
2011
/ Ya Sonra (As Actor, Writer and Director)
2012
/ Araf (As Actor)
2013
/ Evim Sensin (As Actor, Adapted Screenplay and Director)
2014
/ Su Ve Ateş (As Actor, Writer and Director)
2014
/ Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün (As Actor) TV Series
2015
/ Sevimli Tehlikeli (As Writer and Director)
2016
/ Her Şey Aşktan (Supervisor & Actor)
2016
/ İkinci Şans (Writer and Director)
2017
/ Öteki Taraf (Director and As Actor)
2017
/ İstanbullu Gelin (As Actor) TV Series
2017
/ Öteki Taraf Film (Director and As Actor)
Özcan
Deniz continues to create with his production company ‘DNZ Film’ in partnership
with ‘Avşar Film’ which is one of the prominent production companies in Turkey.
He also acts as a producer and creative supervisor for other artists working
with his company.
REFERENCE:
Özcan
Deniz Resmi Web Sitesi (ozcandeniz.com, 16.02.2018), Özcan Deniz
(startv.com.tr, 16.02.2018), Özcan Deniz (sinematurk.com, 16.02.2018), Özcan
Deniz (diziler.com, 16.02.2018).
