Meral Aktan

About

Meral Aktan
Based in
Türkiye

Meral Aktan is a graduate of the Sculpture Department at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She brings a sculptor's feel for volume, surface and material to film, and builds each character's world through space.

For her, a location is never just a backdrop. It carries the characters' past, their surroundings and their state of mind. Transforming real places, working with material and texture, and catching the small details of everyday life are at the heart of her design.

She works as a production designer and art director on national and international features and shorts.

  • 2026 · 58th SİYAD Turkish Cinema AwardsBest Art DirectionNomineeGülizar
  • 2025 · 57th SİYAD Turkish Cinema AwardsBest Art DirectionNomineeTereddüt Çizgisi
  • 2024 · 61st Antalya Golden Orange Film FestivalBest Art DirectorWinnerGülizar
  • 2024 · 56th SİYAD Turkish Cinema AwardsBest Art DirectionWinnerKuru Otlar Üstüne
  • 2023 · 30th Adana Golden Boll Film FestivalBest Art DirectorWinnerAnnesinin Kuzusu
  • 2021 · 22nd International İzmir Short Film FestivalBest Art DirectorWinnerSuçlular
  • 2019 · 51st SİYAD Turkish Cinema AwardsBest Art DirectionNomineeAhlat Ağacı