Baris Özbiçer was born in 1976 in England before moving together with his family to Istanbul in 1980. He studied at the Film and TV Department of Marmara University, meanwhile working as a camera assistant, and went on to finish his MA degree on Arts and Crafts of Film Making at London Film School. His first feature behind the camera was Toss up (2004). Honey received the Golden Bear Award at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival and Baris won the Best Achievement Award in Cinematography for Honey at the Istanbul Film Festival 2010. His feature film Majority won the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film at the 2010 Venice Film Festival.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
