Onur Tukel

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Onur Tukel has been writing, directing, and starring in independent films since 1997, when he made his directorial debut, House of Pancakes. As an actor, he's appeared in the genre-bending 2011 film Septien, the comedic faux documentary Red Flag (directed by and starring Alex Karpovsky of HBO's Girls), and the indie dramedy Ping Pong Summer, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

With his left-of-center sense of humor and knack for mining humor from everyday situations, the Turkish-American writer-director's own films have touched on several genres, including horror-comedy in Drawing Blood (1999) and the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival sensation Summer of Blood. All of Tukel's genre-blending sensibilities are present in Applesauce, Tukel's seventh feature film as a director.

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