www.silakarakaya.commsilakarakaya@gmail.com1.917.254.1560 New York90.532.362.5441 Istanbul

DESIGN + B612 O�ce Address:Çukurcuma Cad. 36A Cihangir İstanbul

SILA KARAKAYA PRODUCTION AND SCENIC DESIGNER

*promoted in 2014 Cannes Film Festival

*best short �lm at Saarbrücken Max Ophüls Film Festival 2015*shortlisted in 42nd Annual Student Academy Awards

*World Premiere ti�. 40 Toronto International Film Festival

*American , Czech, Turkish co-production

Leaving Circadia Ewan Weinstein Mainline FilmsAsst. Art Director

to Neslihan ArslanFeature

Film2011

Goodbye Winter Fred Guerrier Wrongfred Pictures Production DesignerFeature

Film2010

New York’ta Beş Minare(Five Minarets in New York)

Mahsun Kırmızıgül Greenpine FilmsAsst. Art Directorto John El Manahi

FeatureFilm 2010

Taste of Others Achim NeufeldNYU Maurice KanbarInstitute of Film& TV Production Designer Short Film 2011

Kelebeğin Rüyası(The Butter�y’s Dream)

Yılmaz ErdoğanBKM

&Böcek Yapım

Asst. Art Directorto Hakan Yarkın

FeatureFilm

2013

Sarıkamış: Eve Dönüş 1915(The Long Way Home) Alphan Eşeli Böcek Yapım

Asst. Art Directorto Tural Polat

FeatureFilm

2013

Panzehir(Antidote)

Alper ÇağlarÇağlarArts

&Insignia Film

Art Directorto Nina Brejch Andersen

FeatureFilm

2014

Redhook Summer Spike Lee Art Directorto Sarah Frank

FeatureFilm

201240 Acres and A MuleFilmworks

2014A�fe Tiyatro Ödülleri Batu Akyol Production Designer DocumentaryLoyka Productions

2015Baskın Can Evrenol Production Designer Feature Film

Film Colony

2015Falan Filan Mehmet Turgut (presenter) Art Director TVCNN Turk

2015The Mountains

and The Stones

Joseph Ruben Art Director

to Luca TranchinoFeature

FilmY Film Productions

ANKA Film

2014Fidelity

(Sadakat) İlker Çatak Production Designer Short Film

ANKA FilmHamburg Media School

2014Krüger Marc Andreas Boehnke Art Directorto Susanne Dieringer

FeatureFilm

ANKA Film

2014Havva(Eve)

GüçlüAydoğdu Production Designer Short FilmMO Film

2015Oyna Martı JonathanYasemin Mori

Bora Tarhan Art Director Music VideoMoonshot Productions

currentLove and Math Can Evrenol Production Designer Feature FilmMO Film

2014Shutterstock Güney Soykan Production Designer CommercialSeries

TBWA-Filmpark

2013Baskın Can Evrenol Production Designer Short FilmSO Productions

Da Brick: Mike Tyson Spike Lee Art Department asst.to Sarah Frank TV series 2012

Radio Free DixieProductions

(HBO Channel)

American ViralE. Barnes, E. Yau,

A. Cepeda, G. Lemaire Production DesignerViral

Series 2011Independent

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR COMPANY POSITION CATEGORY DATE

SELECTED RECENT MOVIES and COMMERCIALS

Derme Çatma Hamlet Çiğdem Selışık Onat Scenic Designer

and Actor

Theater 2014Derme Çatma Stage

Rosencrantz ve Guildenstern Öldüler

(Rose. and Guild. are Dead) Abdullah Cabaluz Oyunbaz Scenic Designer Theater 2012

Olmamış mı?(Isn’t it?)

Fatih Gençkal Studio 4 Scenic Designer Theater 2013

Donmuş Rüya (Frozen Dream)

Julia RitterAyrin Ersöz

Lighting Designer ImmersiveDance Theater 2014

Bilgi UniversityRutgers University

Yıldız Teknik University

Kuşlar - Aristophanes (The Birds)

Kubilay Karslıoğlu Production Designer Theater 2014Bilgi UniversityMAP-PA Depts.

A Midsummer Nights Dream Kubilay Karslıoğlu Production Designer Theater 2015

Bilgi UniversityMAP-PA- Architecture-Fashion Design collab.

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR COMPANY POSITION CATEGORY DATE

SELECTED RECENT THEATER PLAYS and DANCE PIECES

Master of Fine Arts, MFA, New York University, Tisch, Design for Stage and Film, Production and Scenic Design, New York. 2011

Master of Fine Arts, MFA, Parsons the New School for Design, Department of Architecture, Lighting Design, New York. 2008

Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA, Bilkent University, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Ankara, Turkey. 2006

EDUCATION

O1-B Extraordinary Talented Artist Visa by the Government of the United States of America.

Seidman Award for the Excellence in Design

Ettinger Award for the Excellence in Design Riese Foundation Award for the movie “Goodbye Winter” Tisch GSO Interdisciplinary Design Award

Interview on the Recent Design Work, Publication in Bilkent Magazine, Turkey.

New York University Tisch Design Fellowship

IALD Enlighten Conference, Montreal, Canada, Delegate

Ranked as the First Person in the graduation, Department of Fine Arts, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

*premiered at 2014 Istanbul Theater Festival

Karo Kadın(Lady of Diamonds)

İlkay Türkoğlu Scenic Designer Dance 2014Derme Çatma Stage

International Baccalaureate Degree, TED Ankara Koleji, Ankara, Turkey. 2002

Acting and Movement, Derme Çatma Stage. Acting coach: Çiğdem Selışık Onat. İstanbul, Turkey. 2012- current

AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS

NYU Maurice KanbarInstitute of Film & TV

Crystal Sessions AnnaRose King Production Designer Short Film 2011

NYU Maurice KanbarInstitute of Film & TV

Bittersweet Ecstasy Michael Wood Production Designer Short Film 2011

Derme Atma Stage Koç Drama

Conference of the Birds Çiğdem Selışık Onat Scenic Designer Theater 2015

current

2011

2011

2011

2010 2010

2009

2008

2008

Hand Drafting, Computer Drafting (Vectorworks, AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max), ModelBuilding, Storyboarding, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign O�ce Suite, Video Editting (AfterE�ects, Adobe Premiere), Black and White Photography (development and dark room)Language (Turkish- native, English-�uent, Italian- intermediate), Open Water Diver- 1 starred.

Bilgi University. Production Design. Department of Performing Arts PA331 ,Interior Architecure Department IND 336, Fashion Design Department FBA361. Fall 2014- Spring 2015 .

Kadir Has University. Theater Department. Production Design: Costume and Decor. TH409. Spring 2015.

SKILLS

TEACHING EXPERIENCE