MEHMET OZDUYGU

Mehmet Özduygu, born in 1957, graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Economics – Business Administration /Public Finance Department after completing Darüşşafaka High School.

He started working in the film distribution sector in 1979 and in 1989 he established Turkey’s first foreign capital film distribution company UIP Turkey and acted as UIP Turkey’s General Manager until 2011. Through reconstructing the commercial terms and conditions of the film distribution market, he made significant contributions to encourage new investments in cinema industry and to develope the market infrastructure.

Ozduygu worked at the top management position and as general manager in various national and international distribution companies since 1986, and he joined to Galatafilm in 2011 as general manager where he formerly worked as a consultant.