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Sila Karakaya

  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Sila Karakaya
SILA KARAKAYA

Istanbul based Production Designer/ Art Director graduated from New York University, NYU TISCH School of the Arts with an MFA degree in Production Design and Scenic Design. Her background in MFA, Lighting Design from Parsons the New School for Design and BFA in Interior Architecture from Bilkent University helped her uniting skills with her passion.

Her professional highlights include Numen (Disney+, Production Design), Boy From Heaven (Art Direction, Awarded Best Screenplay in 75.Cannes Film Festival, Shortlisted for 95. Oscar Academy Awards), When I'm Done Dying by Nisan Dag (Production Designer), Redhook Summer by Spike Lee (Art Director), Baskin by Can Evrenol (Production Designer)

Designer founded Sila Karakaya + b612 Design Studio in 2014 to spark the collaborative creativity in her team. Since 2013 she has been teaching at Istanbul Bilgi University, developing her own academic method on Production Design for Stage and Screen, in the Faculty of Communication and Fashion Design Department.

Sila Karakaya, fell in love with theater on May 12, 2001 at 20:00; and she still tries to recall that unique moment on stage by creating worlds for theater, commercial and film characters.

She is after wit in life.
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      • 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Fares Fares and Tawfeek Barhom in Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
    Cairo Conspiracy
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 2022
    Bir Nefes Daha (2020)
    Bir Nefes Daha
    5.4
    • Production Designer(production design)
    • 2020
    Baskin (2015)
    Baskin
    5.8
    • Production Designer
    • 2015
    Boncuk Yilmaz, Firat Tanis, Riza Kocaoglu, Tuba Büyüküstün, Serkan Altunorak, Seda Bakan, and Murat Boz in Another Self (2022)
    Another Self
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Production Designer

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    Production Designer



    • Nomen
      • Production Designer
      • Completed
      • TV Series



    • Dogu (2021)
      Dogu
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2025
    • Boncuk Yilmaz, Firat Tanis, Riza Kocaoglu, Tuba Büyüküstün, Serkan Altunorak, Seda Bakan, and Murat Boz in Another Self (2022)
      Another Self
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2024
    • Bir Nefes Daha (2020)
      Bir Nefes Daha
      5.4
      • Production Designer (production design)
      • 2020
    • Damla Sönmez in I Am You (2019)
      I Am You
      6.6
      • Production Designer
      • 2019
    • Kiyidakiler (2016)
      Kiyidakiler
      6.5
      • Production Designer
      • 2016
    • Baskin (2015)
      Baskin
      5.8
      • Production Designer
      • 2015
    • Havva (2015)
      Havva
      6.2
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2015
    • Muharrem Bayrak, Aydin Orak, Remzi Pamukcu, and Görkem Kasal in Baskin (2013)
      Baskin
      6.5
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2013
    • A Hand in Love
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Megan Ketch and Clea Alsip in Crystal Sessions (2011)
      Crystal Sessions
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Jonathan Teague Cook in Goodbye Winter (2011)
      Goodbye Winter
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Heal
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2010
    • The Rake
      Short
      • Production Designer
      • 2010

    Art Director



    • Eagles of the Republic
      • Art Director
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Pile On!
      • Art Director
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • Fares Fares and Tawfeek Barhom in Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
      Cairo Conspiracy
      6.9
      • Art Director
      • 2022
    • Nurettin Sönmez in J. Fragrances: Defender (2021)
      J. Fragrances: Defender
      7.6
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2021
    • Cengiz Coskun in J. Fragrances: Warrior (2021)
      J. Fragrances: Warrior
      7.7
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2021
    • Denizhan Akbaba, Arzu Suriçi, and Atasay Koç in The Animal (2017)
      The Animal
      6.4
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2017
    • Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Michiel Huisman, and Hera Hilmar in The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
      The Ottoman Lieutenant
      6.4
      • Art Director
      • 2017
    • Little Bullets (2016)
      Little Bullets
      4.2
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2016
    • Krüger aus Almanya (2015)
      Krüger aus Almanya
      6.0
      • Art Director
      • 2015
    • Antidote (2014)
      Antidote
      6.9
      • Art Director
      • 2014
    • Red Hook Summer (2012)
      Red Hook Summer
      5.3
      • Art Director
      • 2012

    Costume Department



    • Çagatay Ulusoy in The Protector (2018)
      The Protector
      6.4
      TV Series
      • talismanic shirt designer
      • 2018

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      • Merve Sila Karakaya

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