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Aclan Bates

AKA Aclan Büyüktürkoğlu is a Turkish/American theater and film actor and director.

Stage and Film work
Director/Actor • 2025 Directed Adolph Green and Betty Comden's ''Singin' in the Rain'' for the Turkish State Opera and Ballet • 2023 Directed Richard Nash's The Rainmaker for the Turkish State Theatres, Ankara • 2022 Directed Abdullah Öztürk's ''Holden's Cinderellas'' for the Turkish State Theatres, Ankara • 2013 Performed in Unutma Beni as Cevher • 2012 Performed in Taken 2 • 2012 Directed Paolo Levi’s Pinedus Affair • 2011 Directed Jeanne Beckwith’s “A War Story at the Realto” • 2010 Directed Beth Henley’s ‘’Crimes of the Heart’’ • 2009 Performed in Mark Sickman’s A Taxi to Jannah • 2009 Josephine, Studio 52 as "Pepito" and "Juan Perón" Los Angeles • 2008 Directed Melegin Sırları (Broken Angel) and performed as "Hakan" • 2008 Lincoln Heights "lead" Los Angeles • 2007 Directed Norman Barasch’s Standing By at the Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles • 2006 Agır Roman (East Side Story), Istanbul National Ballet, Los Angeles Production at the Ford Amphitheatre, Production Supervisor • 2005 Directed The Trial for Write Act Repertory Theatre: Los Angeles • 2004 Produced and Directed Cesar Chavez Documentary • 2004 Directed George Orwell's Animal Farm • 2000–02 American Film Institute Hollywood, California Writer/Director • 1991–2009 Turkish National Theatre, Ankara, Turkey Actor/Director • 1998–99 Jules Feiffer's Little Murders as "Kenny" • 1996–98 Luigi Pirandello's Liola as "Liola" • 1997–98 Directed Jean-Paul Sartre's The Flies • 1996–98 David Hare's Skylight as "Edward" • 1995–97 Anton Chekhov's The Seagull as "Treplev" • 1994–95 Victor Haim's The Visitor as "Mataresco • 1994–95 Directed Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechuan • 1993–94 Georg Büchner's Woyzeck as Charlatan • 1992–93 Necip Fazıl Kısakürek's Bir Adam Yaratmak (The Making of a Man) as "Mansur" • 1991–92 One-man play, Kus by Coskun Irmak, Karalarin Memetleri as "Ali" by Cahit Atay, Ay Isiginda Samata as "Erol" by Haldun Taner, Genc Osman in various roles • 1995–96 Turkish Radio and Television Ankara, Turkey Actor • Prime Time TV series Ferhunde Hanimlar as "Tayfun" • 1991–99 TRT and Private Stations Ankara, Turkey ==Education==
Education
• 2000—2002 American Film Institute, Directing. Hollywood, California. Masters of Fine Arts. Thesis Film: Condemned • 1995–1999 Ankara University, Education Sciences Faculty. Education Programs & Training. Ankara, Turkey Masters of Arts. Thesis: Problems of Training Actors in Theatre Education Institutions • 1991–1995 Hacettepe University, Ankara National Conservatory Theatre Department Ankara, Turkey Masters of Fine Arts Emphasis in Theatre Education and Directing • 1987–1991 Hacettepe University, Ankara National Conservatory Theatre Department Ankara, Turkey. Bachelor of Arts ==Translations==
Translations
Adolph Green, Betty Comden ''Singin' in the Rain'' • Beth Henley, Crimes of the HeartDavid Mamet, Sexual Perversity in ChicagoGeorge Orwell, Animal Farm (Nelson Bond's stage adaptation) • Sarah Ruhl, EurydiceSarah Ruhl, Late, A cowboy Song • Alan Ball, Five Women Wearing the Same DressSarah Kane, 4:48 Psychosis • Richard Nash, The Rainmaker • Peter Shaffer, Black Comedy ==References==
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