Hüseyin Karabey

He was born in 1970 in Istanbul. After graduating from Pertevniyal High School in Istanbul, he graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Cinema and Television Department and started working in the field of documentary and fictional cinema. His short, feature films and documentaries have won many international awards.

His first feature film “My Marlon and Brando” premiered at the 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival and won the “Best Director” award at the 6th New York Tribeca International Film Festival. The movie “My Marlon and Brando” participated in 36 international film festivals and returned with many awards. Making its World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, "Come to My Voice" is the director's second feature film. The film participated in many international festivals; It returned with many awards from the Istanbul Film Festival, Milan Film Festival and Mar del Plata Film Festivals, including the 'Best Film, Best Audience Award'. The 'Hamarat Apartment', which he is currently working on, won awards from many places during the script phase.

Having 5 feature films, 7 documentaries and 3 short films in his career, Karabey won the 'best screenplay' award at the Dhaka International Film Festival with his latest film 'Insiders'.

As a producer, director, screenwriter and script doctor, Hüseyin Karabey gave cinema lessons as an educator at many independent cultural centers in Istanbul, at Marmara University from which he graduated, and at many workshops abroad. He worked with refugee children in London, youth in Sao Paulo - Brazil, and minority groups in Greece. He received his screenwriting training at Script factory - London. He was a jury member at many national and international festivals.