Ersen K.
İstanbul, Türkiye
$750 - $1000
10 reviewsHe is a film producer, director and director of photography.
Ersen Kiyga was born 1982 in Adana, Turkey and studied journalism at the Marmara University.
He started his professional career as an assistant news producer at the NTV news channel
in 2001. He then joined public broadcast channel TRT as a cameraman and producer.
He also worked at the Al Jazeera Turk as a director of photography. His work there saw
him cover wars in Libya and Syria and interviewed with Kaddafi.
He has been involved in the production various feature documentary films.
Filmography
Leave the Door Open, 2021, Director of Photography, feature documentary of
Ümran Safter (Best documentary award DC Independent Film Festival,
Best documentary award Boston Film Festival) My Place is Nowhere, director,
producer and director of photography 2014, Feature documentary ( Al Jazeera Balkan)
Fall of Libya Zenga Zenga, documentary film, Director, Producer and Director of Photography
(TRT News and TRT Documentary Channel) The Great Walking, Director of
Photography, Documentary film about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
(TRT 1, TRT news; TRT Al Arabia) From 2011, Local Producer and cameraman-
Listening Post- Al Jazeera English
Experience
2023 Turkiye -Syria earthquake – freelance cameraman for SKY NEWS
2023 Election of Turkey – Freelance cameraman for Russia Today
2022 Syrian Refugee Dilemma of Turkiye - Documentary Director and Producer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkM4o3ObjQ&t=533s
2021 - Leave the Door Open, Director of Photography, feature documentary
Ümran Safter
(Best documentary award DC Independent Film Festival, Best documentary award
Boston Film Festival , Texas and Frankfurt film festivals)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtlxPdIta7k
“My Place is Nowhere” Director/ Lâmekân Ensemble is a musical group which gathers the artists
coming from different countries, cultures and backgrounds under the the same roof of
Ottoman/Turkish music. Aljazeera Balkans Film will be broadcasted on 7th March
at 17:05 (CET)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRmPvW7NNaw&t=3s
Fall of Libya “Zenga Zenga” Part I & Part II / Director– The documentary is about
the fall of Libya and the Gaddafi Regime and contains the last interview held
with Muammar Gaddafi.
TRT News and TRT Documantary channels.
The Great Walking / Director of Photograph,– The documentary which consists of 3 parts is
about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his mayorship years until his presidency.
TRT 1, TRT News, TRT El Arabia
Refik Hariri Assassination Documentay ‐BEIRUT LEBANON
Leyla Halid Documentary- JORDAN
Mohamed Bouazizi Documentary - TUNUS
2018 – 2022
2009 - 2011
News Cameraman, Program Cameraman
TRT TÜRK, İSTANBUL
Cameraman at Dünyamız Detay, Dünya Raporu
News Programmes which bring together stories covered by the Agency’s correspondents worldwide.
4G live broadcast. Video editing for news packages. Recently worked as the cameraman for TRT Türk’s coverage of
Libya Uprising and interview with Muammar Gaddafi on 9th March 2011
2009 - 2011
Pusula News Program-Istanbul-AMB Production)
Took part in many productions including the company’s flagship Pusula News
Programme anchored and produced by Mithat Bereket. Worked in various positions
such as archivist, producer and cameraman. The company has produced
many programmes and documentaries broadcast in a wide range of networks
including NTV, CNN TURK, SKY TURK, AZTV, MBC, AL‐ARABİA, AL‐JAZEERA . 2002‐2003‐ Ateşler Ülkesi ve Haydar Aliyev
Documantary Leaders That I Have
Followed and Had the Chance to Know So Far Muammar Gaddafi,
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Abdullah Gül, Rauf Denktaş, Derviş Eroğlu, Yaser Arafat, Ayetullah Hüseyin Fadallah, Amr Musa,
Mahmut El Zahar, Fuad Siniora, Muhammed El‐Baradey, Şimon Peres,Asıf Ali Zardari, Hamid Karzai, İlham Aliyev, Ban ‐Ki
Moon,
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
- Video Editor - Documentary
- TV News Producer
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Documentary DP
- Creative Director
- Executive Producer