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dicle ozcer

pronounced "deej-lay"
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Dicle Ozcer is an award winning director / writer based in Los Angeles, California. Dicle was born and raised in Ankara, Turkey. Throughout her childhood, Dicle had a passion for performing and took part in many school plays, performances and writing competitions. She moved to Los Angeles to follow her dreams of becoming an actress and got her BFA in Acting from AMDA College and Conservatory of Performing Arts in 2016.
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After graduating, Dicle performed in numerous plays, short films and music videos. She then submitted an original play to The Santa Monica Theatre and made her debut as a director when her play was picked to be performed at the theatre. Dicle’s first play The Jump, a dark comedy about mental health, turned out to be a success and got renewed for a second run. Later on, Dicle got the opportunity to direct more performances at the theatre, Shakespeare’s classic love story Romeo & Juliet was one of them.

Upon discovering her passion for directing, Dicle attended New York Film Academy to learn everything from A-Z about making a movie and got her MFA in Filmmaking in 2019. She has directed four other short films; Cracked (2017), Heart and Soul (2018), Broken Circle (2018) and Happy Faces (2019). She also directed a spec commercial for Amazon Prime. Visit Directing page for more details.


Ozcer's latest comedy short Big Break (2020) has been awarded Best Comedy by Top Shorts Film Festival, Florence Film Awards, Indie Short Fest, Prague International Monthly Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival and Best Global Shorts. Big Break was also a semi-finalist at Burbank International Film Festival. Dicle Ozcer herself has been awarded Best Director by Women's Comedy Film Festival, Top Shorts, Vienna Film Awards and Independent Shorts Awards. Big Break has been accepted to many other film festivals such as Austin Comedy Short Film Festival, Portland Comedy Film Festival, London Worldwide Comedy Festival, Anatolia International Film Festival, and Dumbo Film Festival in NYC. Visit Big Break Film page for more details.

​Dicle’s latest comedy is still running the festival circuit and getting more recognition by day. Dicle was invited to Newport Harbor High School as a guest speaker for TV & Film Production students to have a screening of Big Break and she recently did an interview with Film Festival Report about her experience with film festivals. Dicle Ozcer and her film Big Break have been getting a lot of media attention. Visit Latest News to keep up to date!

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