Director

Özkul Dikici

Özkul Dikici was born in 1978 in Balıkesir, Turkey. He attended elementary, middle, and high school in the town of Bandırma. Upon completion of his primary education, he moved to Antalya to study Business Administration at Mediterranean University. In 1999 he moved to The United States of America to learn English. He took ESL classes at the University of Kentucky where his brother was a PhD student in Biochemistry. In the following years he received citizenship from The United States of America. He spent seven years in Lexington, KY, where he met his wife Amanda Lee Dikici. After they got married the couple moved to Los Angeles, CA, where he attended The Los Angeles Film School. He studied Cinematography and Directing and received his Degree of Associate of Science in Film. After finishing his studies and working in the film industry in Los Angeles, Özkul decided to take his education and his experience to his native country of Turkey. In 2011 he and his wife moved to İstanbul, Turkey where he currently resides with his wife and daughter. Although Özkul began his film career as a cinematographer, in recent years he began working as a director. Özkul has combined the best of both crafts to create internationally recognized projects both in Turkey and overseas.