Togan Gökbakar is a prize-winning Turkish film director.

Biography

Togan Gökbakar studied in the Cinema and TV Department at Bilgi University and his 2004 graduate short film Run Daddy Run was shown at the If Istanbul and Altın Koza film festivals where it won a prize in the student category.

His first features was the 2006 Turkish horror film Gen

Gen (film)

-Production:The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey.Karl T. Hirsch produced an English language dub of the film.-Plot :A newly appointed doctor witnesses a series of murders in a hospital which no one can reach due to heavy snow...

from a story idea by Alper Mestçi and his older brother Şahan Gökbakar

Sahan Gökbakar

Şahan Gökbakar is a popular Turkish comedian and film actor, specialising in burlesque comedy.-Early career:...

, who also made a cameo appearance in the film. He went on to direct his brother in a series of successful Turkish comedy films, starting with Recep İvedik

Recep İvedik

Recep İvedik is a 2008 Turkish comedy film, directed by Togan Gökbakar, which stars Şahan Gökbakar as an oafish character who takes up residence in an expensive Antalya hotel to win back his childhood love. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was the highest...

in 2008.