Nurdan Tümbek Tekeoğlu is a Turkish producer, director and academic based in Istanbul. She graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Sociology, and completed her PhD in Marketing at Marmara University. After a long career in leading national and international companies, including Metro AG, she turned to cinema and became a producer of socially engaged films. 

She has produced and co-produced award-winning documentaries and feature films directed by Orhan Tekeoğlu, focusing on memory, migration, women’s stories, cultural identity and ecological heritage. She is also a full-time academic at Istanbul Ticaret University, where she teaches marketing, consumer culture and sustainability. She is a member of the European Film Academy and SE-YAP.

Filmography:

• FİLOS / documentary / 2025 / co-director, producer Shattered / documentary / 2023 / co-director, producer
• Untold Story of Fatma Kayacı / documentary / 2022 / producer
• Time to Leave / documentary / 2019 / producer
• Torn Love / feature film / 2017 / director

Festivals and Awards:

• Shattered / Cyprus International Film Festival / Documentary Film / Cyprus / 2023 / Best Documentary Director Award
• Untold Story of Fatma Kayacı / TRT Documentary Awards / Documentary Film / Turkey / 2022 / Ministry of Culture Award
• Time to Leave / Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival / Documentary Film / Kastellorizo, Greece / 2019 / Honourable Mention