Bessy Adut is an award-winning film director/writer/producer who lives in Los Angeles. She holds an MFA in Film Directing from CalArts (the California Institute of the Arts) in Valencia, CA as a Fulbright Grantee and a BA in Film and Television from Istanbul Bilgi University in Istanbul, Turkey. She is also a UCLA Professional Screenwriting Program alumna. Bessy’s latest short film “Escape Room” has won 11 awards and has been featured in several Oscar-qualifying international film festivals.
Bessy has worked as a Director/Host in TRT World documentaries such as “Inside the Lens” and “Mysteries of Cinema” and has worked as a Production Coordinator and Director’s Assistant for Academy Award winner Bryan Fogel’s “Icarus II” and “The Dissident”.
Current projects include writing essays, film reviews, and books, as well as developing her first feature film “Searching for Goodness.” Many of her reviews are published by Salom magazine in Turkey, and her work has recently been includes in Law and Art magazine.
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