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Mert Kizilay

Part of the CHiEEN constellation

since 2018

A two-time Emmy-nominated director with a distinctly cross-disciplinary visual practice

Mert Kizilay is a Brooklyn based director, creative director, and artist whose work moves fluidly across main titles, motion design, film, and visual experimentation. With a background shaped by fine arts, drawing, painting, and mixed media, he has developed a practice that is both visually disciplined and materially curious, bringing a strong sense of composition, texture, and emotional atmosphere to every frame.

What distinguishes his work is the way it connects formal design intelligence with a broader artistic instinct. Across title design, music videos, independent films, and new media projects, he brings clarity, tension, and visual authorship to image making. Alongside two Emmy nominations and recognition from international awards platforms, he represents the kind of rigorous and expansive creative practice that resonates deeply with the wider CHiEEN universe.