Draft:Serkan Nihat



 

Serkan Nihat is a British film director and film editor.

Early life and background
He was Born in Edmonton, North London and is of Turkish Cypriot descent.

Career
Having begun his career in post-production Serkan was one of the foremost assistant editors in the UK having worked on dramas such as Spooks, Hustle, Broadchurch and Taboo. In 2011 Serkan was the first assistant editor in the UK to oversee a completely tapeless workflow of a television drama (Law & Order 2011).

As an editor, he has specialised in editing trailers and TV spots and feature length documentaries.

He has directed campaigns for numerous brands and in 2018 he won the Cannes Silver Dolphin award and in 2019 was a finalist in the Creative pool industry awards. In 2019 he was awarded an Evcom Award for a Vogue campaign and has since won another three EVCOM awards.

His short film ‘Apex’ starring Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders) and Tom Weston Jones (Dickensian) won the Cannes Short Film Competition with ‘Best film’ and ‘Audience Award.’

In 2024 Serkan directed his debut feature ‘Exodus’ which was screened at the Berlinale Film Market.