Sila Karakaya Production and Scenic Designer

SILA KARAKAYA PRODUCTION AND SCENIC DESIGNER www.silakarakaya.com [email protected]

SELECTED RECENT MOVIES and COMMERCIALS

 PRODUCTION: Baskın DIRECTOR: Can Evrenol COMPANY: MO Film POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: current *promoted in 2014 Sitges Fantastic Film Festival  PRODUCTION: Krüger DIRECTOR: Marc Andreas Boehnke COMPANY: ANKA Film POSITION: Art Director to Susanne Dieringer CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Fundamentals (Temeller) DIRECTOR: İlker Çatak COMPANY: ANKA Film Hamburg Media School POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Havva (Eve) DIRECTOR: Güçlü Aydoğdu COMPANY: MO Film POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Love and Math DIRECTOR: Can Evrenol COMPANY: MO Film POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: current *promoted in 2014 Cannes Film Festival  PRODUCTION: Shutterstock DIRECTOR: Güney Soykan COMPANY: TBWA- Filmpark POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Commercial Series DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Panzehir (Antidote) DIRECTOR: Alper Çağlar COMPANY: ÇağlarArts & Insignia Film POSITION: Art Director to Nina Brejch Andersen CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Afife Tiyatro Ödülleri DIRECTOR: Batu Akyol COMPANY: Loyka Productions POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Documentary DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Baskın DIRECTOR: Can Evrenol COMPANY: SO Productions POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2013

 PRODUCTION: Kelebeğin Rüyası (The Butterfly’s Dream) DIRECTOR: Yılmaz Erdoğan COMPANY: BKM & Böcek Yapım POSITION: Asst. Art Director to Hakan Yarkın CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: 2013

 PRODUCTION: Sarıkamış: Eve Dönüş 1915 (The Long Way Home) DIRECTOR: Alphan Eşeli COMPANY: Böcek Yapım POSITION: Asst. Art Director to Tural Polat CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: 2013

 PRODUCTION: Redhook Summer DIRECTOR: Spike Lee COMPANY: 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks POSITION: Art Director to Sarah Frank CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: 2012

 PRODUCTION: Da Brick: Mike Tyson DIRECTOR: Spike Lee COMPANY: Radio Free Dixie Productions (HBO Channel) POSITION: Art Department asst. to Sarah Frank CATEGORY: TV series DATE: 2012

 PRODUCTION: American Viral DIRECTOR: E. Barnes, E. Yau, A. Cepeda, G. Lemaire COMPANY: Independent POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Viral Series DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Leaving Circadia DIRECTOR: Ewan Weinstein COMPANY: Mainline Films POSITION: Asst. Art Director to Neslihan Arslan CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Goodbye Winter DIRECTOR: Fred Guerrier COMPANY: Wrongfred Pictures POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: 2010

 PRODUCTION: New York’ta Beş Minare (Five Minarets in New York) DIRECTOR: Mahsun Kırmızıgül COMPANY: Greenpine Films POSITION: Asst. Art Director to John El Manahi CATEGORY: Feature Film DATE: 2010

 PRODUCTION: Taste of Others DIRECTOR: Achim Neufeld COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film& TV POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Lovers DIRECTOR: Liam Brady COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Crystal Sessions DIRECTOR: AnnaRose King COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Bittersweet Ecstasy DIRECTOR: Michael Wood COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Together DIRECTOR: Gabrielle Demeestere COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Heal DIRECTOR: Drew Leary COMPANY: Brotherhood Films POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2010

 PRODUCTION: A Hand in Love DIRECTOR: Emily Ray Reese COMPANY: Ray Reese Films POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2010

 PRODUCTION: The Rake DIRECTOR: Ash Bhalla COMPANY: Third Eye Pictures POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2010

 PRODUCTION: Night of the Date DIRECTOR: Kate Tsang COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: MAC Cosmetic Commercials DIRECTOR: Ash Bhalla COMPANY: Third Eye Pictures POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: TV Commercial DATE: 2010

 PRODUCTION: Health Plus Commercials DIRECTOR: Dominique DeLeon COMPANY: Special Boy Films POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: TV Commercial DATE: 2009

SELECTED RECENT THEATER PLAYS and DANCE PIECES

 PRODUCTION: Zübük DIRECTOR: Nedim Saban (asst dir: Bülent Seyran) COMPANY: Tiyatrokare POSITION: Scenic and Costume Designer CATEGORY: Theater DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Derme Çatma Hamlet DIRECTOR: Çiğdem Selışık Onat COMPANY: Derme Çatma Stage POSITION: Scenic Designer and Actor CATEGORY: Theater DATE: 2014 *premiered at 2014 Istanbul Theater Festival  PRODUCTION: Kuşlar – Aristophanes (The Birds) DIRECTOR: Kubilay Karslıoğlu COMPANY: Bilgi University MAP-PA Depts. POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Theater DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Donmuş Rüya (Frozen Dream) DIRECTORS: Julia Ritter and Ayrin Ersöz COMPANIES: Bilgi University, Rutgers University, Yıldız Teknik University POSITION: Lighting Designer CATEGORY: Immersive Dance Theater DATE: 2014

 PRODUCTION: Karo Kadın (Lady of Diamonds) DIRECTOR: İlkay Türkoğlu COMPANY: Derme Çatma Stage POSITION: Scenic Designer CATEGORY: Dance DATE: 2014  PRODUCTION: Olmamış mı? (Isn’t it?) DIRECTOR: Fatih Gençkal COMPANY: Studio 4 POSITION: Scenic Designer CATEGORY: Theater DATE: 2013

 PRODUCTION: Rosencrantz ve Guildenstern Öldüler (Rose. and Guild. are Dead) DIRECTOR: Abdullah Cabaluz COMPANY: Oyunbaz POSITION: Scenic Designer CATEGORY: Theater DATE: 2012

 PRODUCTION: This is My Dance DIRECTOR: Korhan Başaran COMPANY: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater POSITION: Scenic Designer CATEGORY: Dance DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Nathan the Wise DIRECTOR: Barbara Bosch COMPANY: CUNY Hunter College POSITION: Scenic Designer CATEGORY: Theater DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Cold War DIRECTORS: Tiisetso Ddladla COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: Three Men DIRECTORS: Joyce Wu COMPANY: NYU Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV POSITION: Production Designer CATEGORY: Short Film DATE: 2011

 PRODUCTION: The Ruby Sunrise DIRECTOR: Pamela Berlin COMPANY: NYU Tisch Graduate Acting dept. POSITION: Scenic Designer CATEGORY: Theater DATE: 2009

 PRODUCTION: Bir Ölümün Kahramanı- Bir Kahramanın Ölümü DIRECTOR: Manfred Bormann COMPANY: Üç Nokta Oyuncuları POSITION: Scenic Designer CATEGORY: Theater DATE: 2009

 PRODUCTION: From Ashes DIRECTORS: Alisa Behrens and Sumi Clements COMPANY: NYU Tisch Graduate Dance dept. POSITION: Scenic Designer CATEGORY: Dance DATE: 2008

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, MFA, New York University, Tisch, Design for Stage and Film, Production and Scenic Design, New York. 2011.

Master of Fine Arts, MFA, Parsons the New School for Design, Department of Architecture, Lighting Design, New York. 2008.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA, Bilkent University, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Ankara, Turkey. 2006.

International Baccalaureate Degree, TED Ankara Koleji, Ankara, Turkey. 2002.

Acting and Movement, Derme Çatma Stage. Acting coach: Çiğdem Selışık Onat. İstanbul, Turkey. 2012- current.

AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS

O1-B Extraordinary Talented Artist Visa by the Government of the United States of America. Current.

Seidman Award for the Excellence in Design. 2011.

Ettinger Award for the Excellence in Design. 2011.

Riese Foundation Award for the movie “Goodbye Winter”. 2011.

Tisch GSO Interdisciplinary Design Award. 2010.

Interview on the Recent Design Work, Publication in Bilkent Magazine, Turkey. 2010.

New York University Tisch Design Fellowship. 2009.

IALD Enlighten Conference, Montreal, Canada, Delegate. 2008.

Ranked as the First Person in the graduation, Department of Fine Arts, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. 2006.

SKILLS

Hand Drafting, Computer Drafting (Vectorworks, AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max), ModelBuilding, Storyboarding, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Office Suite, Video Editting (AfterEffects, Adobe Premiere), Black and White Photography (development and dark room) Language (Turkish- native, English-fluent, Italian- intermediate), Open Water Diver- 1 starred.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Bilgi University. Production Design. Management of Performing Arts Department MAP261, Interior Architecure Department IND 335, Fashion Design Department FBA351. Fall- Spring 2014 .

Kadir Has University. Theater Department. Production Design TH409. Spring 2015.

FURTHER WORK EXPERIENCE, New York

L’observatoire International Design Studio, Architectural Lighting, Assistant Designer of the Project Manager.2008. Susan Brady Lighting Design, Architectural Lighting, Assistant Designer of the Project Manager. 2007.