BERKER ERSOY
Cinematographer, Filmmaker, Photographer
Half Folded Wings - 2024
Director: Sonja Rendtorff
DoP: Berker Ersoy
"Sonja Rendtorff's Half Folded Wings soars as a strange and thought-provoking speculative film that wonders about the possibilities of the medium through a premise that explores humanity's tenuous relationship with nature."
Festival Fotogenia
Redbull 64 BARS - 2024
Music Video - Germany
Director: Murat Sercan Subaşı
DoP: Berker Ersoy
Episode 1: Eko Fresh x Phat Crispy & Kamufle
Episode 2: Chefket x Kane 13
Episode 3: 9 Canlı x Ben Büdü
Red Bull 64 Bars is a hip‑hop project that gives artists the chance to perform rap over just 64 bars, focusing entirely on lyrics and flow. The format highlights technical skills and creative songwriting, showcasing pure rap performance.
This documentary chronicles the devastating February 2023 earthquake in Turkey, capturing the immediate aftermath, the lives lost, and the struggle of survivors facing unimaginable despair.
Right Before Our Eyes - 2024
Documentary - Turkey
Crew:
Berker Ersoy
Murat Sercan Subaşı
Ümit Oktay Aymelek
Veli Can Angın
A Brief History of the Telephone - 2022
Animation - Turkey
Director: Berker Ersoy
Animator: Cansu Aslan
This animated film, prepared for the Museum of Communication History opened in Turkey-Çankırı, briefly presents the history of communication via telephone to visitors.
Kindness Club - 2017-2018
TV Show - Turkey
Director: Emrah Tellioğlu
Kameramann: Berker Ersoy
The TV series İyilik Kulübü aims to fulfill the dreams of children from all across Turkey who are ill, have experienced trauma, or have been affected by war. The program gives these children a chance to forget the hardships they have endured and spend a day that makes a meaningful difference in their lives. A total of 39 episodes were broadcast on TRT TV channel.
Soil - 2017
Short Film - Turkey
Director: Alican Durbaş
DoP: Berker Ersoy
Conceived through the division of the screen into nine cinematic frames, the film Soil narrates the journey of a young man carrying a handful of soil into the grave of a deceased soldier who happens to be burying his own dead body. With the form integrated into narrative, it is possible to watch every phase of his journey synchronically. Wherever he goes the smell of the soil remains the same.
Epiphany - 2014
Short Film - Turkey
Director: Berker Ersoy
DoP: Berker Ersoy
A couple hits the road for summer vacation in order to escape from the exhausting pace of urban life hoping to be refreshened. They stop at a gas station to get something to drink. When they hit the road again, they feel like something is not on track.
The Harvest - 2011
Feature Length Film - Turkey
Director: Murat Sercan Subaşı
DoP: Berker Ersoy
The film follows the dreams of children living in the Kurdish city of Bitlis, whose lives are caught between tobacco fields and school. It also explores themes such as economic hardship in the region, social stratification, and social entrapment.
Attempts to Escape from Mothers’ World - 2011
Feature Length Film - Turkey
Director: Zehra Derya Koç
DoP: Berker Ersoy
Is an escape possible from the gloomy and uncanny world of early youth? The struggle of a blossoming life to resist against traditions, and the monotonous, confining influence of family and environment.
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