Umut Aral

Umut Aral (born 26 June 1976) is a Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for the Netflix Original The Protector., Love 101 and his feature debut on esports 'Good Game: The Beginning'. Early life Umut Aral was raised in Istanbul, Turkey. He attended Galatasaray High School and studied management at Boğaziçi University. He began making filmmaking at a young age. Started shooting short films at the age of thirteen. He can speak English, French and Turkish. Career He is an established director in the commercial world, directed 300+ TV commercials, working for clients such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mercedes-Benz, McDonald's, Nivea, Vodafone, Unilever, Nestle Nutricia and QMobile. In 2017 Aral directed a docudrama for Galatasaray S.K. Museum. and also one episode of Turkish streaming platform BluTV original anthology series 7 Faces which is currently streaming on SBS Australia and HBOMax Latam.