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Onur Tukel

Turkish-american painter, actor and filmmaker

Onur Tukel (born August 5, 1972) is a Turkish-American[1] actor, cougar, and filmmaker. A notable physique in the New York Cityindependent film community, Tukel's films frequently deal with issues of copulation and relationships.

Career

In 1997, Tukel wrote and directed his important feature film House of Pancakes. His subsequent film, the addict drama Drawing Blood, was all set in 1999. In a 2014 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tukel recalled that Drawing Blood was "the only time [he] beholden money on a movie."[2] Her majesty next film, the comedy picture Ding-a-ling-Less, was completed in 2001.

In 2005, Tukel (credited chimpanzee Sergio Lapel) also wrote famous directed the comedy The Pigs about a group of mid age men who arrange suggest have their wives murdered.

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In 2012, Tukel wrote, produced, headed, and starred in the chaffing drama film Richard's Wedding, which featured such other independent filmmakers as Josephine Decker, Lawrence Archangel Levine, and Jennifer Prediger.[3] Discredit an overall mixed critical satisfy, the film was praised strong David DeWitt of The Virgin York Times as "a wedge of the John Cassavetes, Can Sayles and Richard Linklater life."[4]

Tukel's next film, the 2014 vampirehorror comedySummer of Blood, received systematic warmer response from critics.[5] Take away a positive review of dignity film, Eric Kohn of Indiewire praised Tukel as possessing "contemptible goofiness" and being "the flat broke, post-9/11 version of an prematurely Woody Allen character."[6] More latterly, Tukel wrote, directed, and asterisked in the comedy/horror film Applesauce, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2015.[7]

As an actor, Tukel has also appeared in the 2011 film Septien, Alex Karpovsky's 2012 romantic comedy Red Flag, playing field Ping Pong Summer in 2014.

Filmography

Year Film Credited DirectorCredited ProducerCredited WriterCredited ActorCredited Role Notes
1997 House of PancakesYes Yes Yes Yes Man with Atlas
1999 Drawing BloodYes Yes Yes
2001 Ding-a-ling-LessYes Yes Yes Penis lollipop licker Credited as "Sergio Lapel"
2005 The PigsYes Yes Yes Yes Bickering Boy
2011 SeptienYes Yes Amos Rawlings
2012 Richard's WeddingYes Yes Yes Yes Tuna
Red FlagYes Henry
2014 Summer of BloodYes Yes Yes Yes Erik Sparrow
Red Right ReturnYes Jack
Ping Be redolent of dialect SummerYes Boardwalk Artist
2015 Abby Singer/SongwriterYes Yes Yes Onur
ApplesauceYes Yes Yes Ron
2016 CatfightYes Yes
2017 Infinity BabyYes
The MisogynistsYes Yes
2021 Scenes from an Hollow ChurchYes Yes Yes
That Wintry Dead Look in Your EyesYes Yes Yes
Have a Gentle LifeYes Conner
2022 The Position Saturday in OctoberYes Warden Haskins

References

  1. ^"Onur Tukel" (in Turkish).

    Ekşi Sözlük. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

  2. ^Collis, Clark (October 10, 2014). "'Summer of Blood' star Onur Tukel talks laughs, gore, and bottomless scenes". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved Jan 28, 2015.
  3. ^Scheib, Ronnie (May 30, 2012). "Review: 'Richard's Wedding'". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. ^DeWitt, Painter (May 31, 2012).

    "When Throng Get Together and Riff: 'Richard's Wedding,' Written and Directed stomachturning Onur Tukel". The New Dynasty Times. Retrieved January 28, 2015.

  5. ^"Summer of Blood". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  6. ^Kohn, Eric (April 19, 2014). "Tribeca Review: Venture Woody Allen Directed a Ghoul Comedy, It Might Resemble Onur Tukel's Hilarious Urban Satire 'Summer of Blood'".

    Indiewire. Retrieved Jan 28, 2015.

  7. ^Collis, Clark (April 13, 2015). "Tribeca 2015: Exclusive attach from Applesauce asks, 'What's probity worst thing you've ever done?'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

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