Aclan Bates

Aclan Bates is an American film and theatre director who divides his time between Los Angeles and Ankara. He is a working actor/director in the Turkish State Theatres.

Director/Actor

 * 2019 Directed Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House for the Turkish State Theatres, Ankara
 * 2015 Directed the feature-length film Antikaci
 * 2014 Directed Anton Chekhov's The Swan Song /A Marriage Proposal for the Turkish State Theatres, Ankara
 * 2013 Performed in Unutma Beni as Cevher
 * 2012 Performed in Taken 2
 * 2012 Directed Pinedus Affair
 * 2011 Directed A War Story at the Realto
 * 2009 A Taxi to Jannas
 * 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 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

 * 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

 * Beth Henley, Crimes of the Heart
 * David Mamet, Sexual Perversity in Chicago
 * George Orwell, Animal Farm (Nelson Bond's stage adaptation)
 * Sarah Ruhl, Eurydice
 * Sarah Ruhl, The Clean House
 * Sarah Ruhl, Late, A cowboy Song
 * Joe Masteroff, Cabaret
 * Alan Ball, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
 * Sarah Kane, 4:48 Psychosis