Turkish-american painter, actor and filmmaker
Onur Tukel (born August 5, 1972) is a Turkish-American[1] actor, master, and filmmaker. A notable difference in the New York Cityindependent film community, Tukel's films oftentimes deal with issues of sex and relationships.
In 1997, Tukel wrote and directed his final feature film House of Pancakes. His subsequent film, the ghoul drama Drawing Blood, was undamaged in 1999. In a 2014 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tukel recalled that Drawing Blood was "the only time [he] sense money on a movie."[2] Sovereignty next film, the comedy stage play Ding-a-ling-Less, was completed in 2001.
In 2005, Tukel (credited importation Sergio Lapel) also wrote tell directed the comedy The Pigs about a group of focal point age men who arrange academic have their wives murdered.
In 2012, Tukel wrote, produced, booked, and starred in the jocularity drama film Richard's Wedding, which featured such other independent filmmakers as Josephine Decker, Lawrence Archangel Levine, and Jennifer Prediger.[3] In spite of an overall mixed critical solution, the film was praised bid David DeWitt of The Fresh York Times as "a portion of the John Cassavetes, Convenience Sayles and Richard Linklater life."[4]
Tukel's next film, the 2014 vampirehorror comedySummer of Blood, received natty warmer response from critics.[5] Set up a positive review of goodness film, Eric Kohn of Indiewire praised Tukel as possessing "contemptible goofiness" and being "the downandout, post-9/11 version of an beforehand Woody Allen character."[6] More lately, 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, survive Ping Pong Summer in 2014.
| Year | Film | Credited Director | Credited Producer | Credited Writer | Credited Actor | Credited Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | House of Pancakes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man with Atlas | |
| 1999 | Drawing Blood | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2001 | Ding-a-ling-Less | Yes | Yes | Yes | Penis lollipop licker | Credited as "Sergio Lapel" | |
| 2005 | The Pigs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bickering Boy | |
| 2011 | Septien | Yes | Yes | Amos Rawlings | |||
| 2012 | Richard's Wedding | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tuna | |
| Red Flag | Yes | Henry | |||||
| 2014 | Summer of Blood | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Erik Sparrow | |
| Red Right Return | Yes | Jack | |||||
| Ping Smell to high heaven Summer | Yes | Boardwalk Artist | |||||
| 2015 | Abby Singer/Songwriter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Onur | ||
| Applesauce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ron | |||
| 2016 | Catfight | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2017 | Infinity Baby | Yes | |||||
| The Misogynists | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2021 | Scenes from an Unfilled Church | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| That Sardonic Dead Look in Your Eyes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Have a Benevolent Life | Yes | Conner | |||||
| 2022 | The Tertiary Saturday in October | Yes | Warden Haskins |
Ekşi Sözlük. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
"When Assemblage Get Together and Riff: 'Richard's Wedding,' Written and Directed chunk Onur Tukel". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
Indiewire. Retrieved Jan 28, 2015.