Gonca Sönmez-Poole

Gonca Sonmez-Poole has been a member of the Boston media community for the past 25 years, producing stories for the nationally acclaimed Chronicle news magazine at WCVB-TV in Massachusetts. During that time, the half-hour special she wrote and produced about New England poet/playwright David Budbill won a regional Emmy award for “Outstanding TV series/location” in 1989.

After more than a decade of full-time TV work, Ms. Sonmez-Poole branched out into international affairs through her studies at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. Since earning her master’s degree, Sonmez-Poole has worked in television both within the United States and internationally, tackling issues pertinent to minority communities on both the local and national levels. She was awarded an unsolicited grant from The United States Institute of Peace in 1999. Her other accomplishments include the groundbreaking special for the Boston market on the otherwise unrecognized population of the Roma (gypsies), and a travelogue/documentary she produced about Turkey that was cablecast nationally in the United States in 1992. For the past seven years, shehas followed the path and mission of The Urban Nutcracker, building relationships with the cast and crew of the show and gaining unlimited access to all facets of the show’s production.

Yönetmenliğini Yaptığı Belgesel Filmler

Urban Nutcracker: Anatomy of a Ballet - 2009 .... Belgesel, 00:56:00
4. Boston Türk Belgesel ve Kısa Film Yarışması, Açılış Filmi, Gösterim Seçkisi. 2009



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Boston Türk Belgesel ve Kısa Film Yarışması