Portrait of Burak Orhun Başer
Istanbul

BURAK ORHUN BAŞER

Practicing both film and commercial,I seek to tell stories.

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Director

Writer

Producer

Co-founder

The Reel

Co-founder · Creative agency · Istanbul

FLEK*

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Co-founder & producer · since 2023

Garaj

The home of conversation, laughter and good content — one channel,
67 million views a month.

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The flagship

MELİS İŞİTEN İLE ZATEN ŞOV

One of Turkey's most loved talk shows. Every week Melis İşiten sits down with a new guest in pursuit of conversation, laughter and the most unexpected confessions — 157 episodes and counting, and live shows in front of an audience at Zorlu PSM.

Latest episodes

More from the shelf

    Short film · 2021 · 12′41″

    PASAJ

    (Passage) — written & directed by Burak Orhun Başer

    National Board of ReviewBest Student FilmNew York · 2021
    The Ostrovsky Family FundChantal Akerman
    Student PrizeScreenplay
    AwardNew York
    Watermark Theaters

    The Backstory

    Formatted the only way a writer-director would.

    “B.O.B.”

    an origin story

    Written by
    Burak Orhun Başer

    FADE IN:

    EXT. KABATAŞ ERKEK LİSESİ — ISTANBUL — DAY (2008)

    A teenager with a camera and too many questions about people. Five years of Bosphorus views pass in a montage.

    INT. KOÇ UNIVERSITY — LECTURE HALL — 2013

    He studies Psychology — why people do what they do — and doubles up with Media and Visual Arts, how to show it.

    EXT. HONG KONG — NEON STREET — NIGHT (2017)

    An exchange term at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. New cities, new approaches to psychology and media.

    INT. THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK — 2019

    A Fulbright scholar now. MFA in Film. A BAFTA New York fellowship. Projects written, directed and produced across several states.

    PROFESSOR (O.S.)

    The Chantal Akerman Student Prize goes to… Pasaj.

    CUT TO:

    EXT. ISTANBUL — ROOFTOP — GOLDEN HOUR (2021)

    He comes home and co-founds the commercial agency Flek* and the entertainment network Garaj Content. A talk show is born. It does not stay small.

    BURAK (V.O.)

    (to camera)

    Practicing both film and commercial, I seek to tell stories.

    INT. SET — PRESENT DAY

    Freelance director. Writing the next one. The slate is up. Everyone's waiting for one word.

    SMASH CUT TO: CONTACT.

    That'sa wrap.

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