Burak Oguz Saguner

Burak Oguz Saguner was born in Australia in 1980 and raised in Istanbul Turkey, where he studied cinema. Returning to Australia in 2003 to further his film studies, Burak graduated from North Sydney Film and Television School in 2004. He has since worked as a cinematographer on short and independent feature films, TVCs, documentaries and music videos.

‘Last Caress’ (2012 Green Bay Film Festival, 2012 Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2011 Creative Arts Film Festival – Perfect Spirit Awards – Best Thiriller, 2011 WorldKids International Film Festival Official Selection, 2011 Toronto WildSound Film Festival Official Selection), ‘One More Tonight’ (2010 St. Kilda Film Festival & 2010 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival - New York), ‘The First Concert’ (2009 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, 2009 Istanbul International Short Film Festival, 2010 Toronto WildSound Film Festival and 2010 Frankfurt LUCAS International Children's Film Festival), ‘The Death and Life of John Vaughan’ (part of Cannes 2009 Short Film Corner) and ‘Triptych’; the television documentary ‘Gallipoli in Oceania’; and the music video ‘Jungle Blues’ for C.W. Stoneking and a 36 episodes Vietnmese TV Drama titled 'Trai Tim Mau Xanh' (Eng. Title: “Blue Heart”) are some of the projects he completed over the past years.

Burak also shot and co-directed a feature documentary in 2010 called "Home" and has just completed working [as cinematographer] on the short film "In Autumn" which he wrote and produced with his collaborator Rosanna Scarcella.

He is currently in Vietnam to work on a series of projects that includes TVCs, TV features and TV dramas. For more information and updates about his work please check blog.burakoguzsaguner.com