Ayşegül Yazmacı
She was born in Istanbul in 1985. Yazmacı graduated from Marmara University, Fine Arts Faculty, Cinema&TV Department in 2009. Her finishing project, a short film named Three (Üç) was screened in !F Istanbul Independent Film Festival and İTÜ Short Film Festival. She was awarded with Jury’s Special Award in Siirt Bar Short Film Festival.
She played in the musical called We Started from Scratch (Biz Sıfırdan Başladık)written and directed by Gülriz Sururi. She pursued her acting career in several plays, TV series and commercials. Her works in different fields include screenwriting, photography and video shooting and editing. She was also trained for rhythm and sewing.
She was selected as the winner with her short story “Yasemin” in the story competition of “DISCOVER” which was arranged by British Council and ITEF Istanbul International Literature Festival. Görülmeyen Hikayeler (The Invisible Stories) published in 2020.
She is working on her short story collection and children’s books.