Aslıhan Ünaldı

Aslıhan Ünaldı is a Turkish cinema screenwriter, director and producer.^[1]

Aslıhan Ünaldı
Aslıhan Ünaldı in the Mostra de València.
Born	Istanbul
Alma mater	Yale University New York University's Tisch School of Arts

Born and raised in Istanbul,^[2][1] Ünaldı has been living in the United States since she was 18 years old.^[3] After studying Photography and International Relations at Yale University, she went on to receive her MFA in Film from New York University's acclaimed Tisch School of the Arts.^[1]

Ünaldı's first short film, Razan,^[4] premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2006 and went on to screen at dozens of festivals worldwide.^[3]

In 2011, Ünaldı premiered her first environmental feature documentary, Overdrive: Istanbul in the New Millennium.^[3][5] In 2023, she premiered her feature film, Suyun Üstü / Afloat,^[6][7] a thriller set in a boat sailing the Aegean Sea.^[8]

Ünaldı has also written scripts such as Skate Kitchen, premiered at Sundance in 2018, and Young Wrestlers, premiered at the Berlinale in 2016.^[3] In addition, she teaches screenwriting in the graduate film programs of Columbia University^[9] and NYU Tisch.^[10]