Ömer Vargı

Ömer Vargı — Biography

Ömer Vargı graduated from TED Ankara College in 1970 and from the physics department of Middle East Technical University in 1976. He broke into film in 1974 as assistant director on Endişe, directed by Şerif Gören from a Yılmaz Güney screenplay, then worked as an assistant director through 1977 before spending years shooting commercials. In 1981 he and his wife Mine Vargı founded their own production company, Filmacass. He served as production supervisor on Eşkıya (The Bandit, 1996). His directing credits include Her Şey Çok Güzel Olacak (Everything's Gonna Be Great, 1998), İnşaat (Under Construction, 2003), Kabadayı (For Love and Honor, 2007), Anadolu Kartalları (2011) and İnşaat 2 (2014), and he produced Gönül Yarası (Lovelorn, 2005). He received a Lifetime Honour Award at the 55th Antalya Film Festival in 2018, and in 2025 chaired the national feature-film jury at that festival's 62nd edition. A book recounting his life story was published in 2024.