Murat Saygıner (born February 28, 1989) is a Turkish self-taught photographer and digital artist, and is also known as a filmmaker and composer. Early life Born in Prague in 1989, Murat Saygıner got involved with photography and digital art in 2007 and won several international awards. In 2008 his works were selected for "IPA Best of Show" exhibition in New York. In 2010 he was awarded Emerging Talent of the Year in "The Photography Gala Awards". He has written, directed and produced several animated short films since 2013 which were screened in over 200 film festivals including Academy Award Qualifying Festivals such as "Animest" and Athens International Film and Video Festival. 6 of his films were also Staff Picked on Vimeo. In 2019 he assembled 10 of his short films under the title of The Flying Fish which had various reviews by film critics. Besides his career in visual arts, Saygıner also composes music. He is currently living and working as a freelancer in Ankara, Turkey. Awards 2018 Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico Winner of the Golden Palm award in Animation Competition 2017 Open World Animation Festival, USA Winner of the award for Best Experimental Film 2017 ATF Animated Film Festival, Iran Appreciated Film in Experimental and Newmedia Section 2016 5th Hak-İş International Short Film Festival, Turkey Winner of the award for Best Original Score 2015 Davis International Film Festival, USA Winner of the award for Best Animation PreFoto International Photography Competition 2011 Winner of the 1st prize Fokus International Competition of Artistic Photography 2011 Winner of the 3rd prize WPGA Annual Pollux Awards 2010 Emerging Talent of the Year Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2009 3rd place – Editorial – Personality 3rd place – Fine Art – Collage PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2009 First Prize – Advertising – Music Third Prize – Fine Art – Digitally Enhanced Trierenberg Super Circuit 2009 Goldmedal – Painted With Light – Special Themes Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2008 1st place – Editorial – Personality 1st place – Advertising – Music 3rd place – Advertising – Other 3rd place – Special – Digitally Enhanced Exhibitions 2018 – "FILE 2018 – Electronic Language International Festival", Fiesp Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil 2017 – "Celebration of the Arts – Art in Motion", Fort Worth, Texas, United States 2014 – "Colors of Life – Young Men with Big Dreams", Pepco Edison Gallery, Washington DC,