Aaron Kilercioglu

(He/Him) .
Raised in Vienna by Turkish-Canadian parents, I am a writer/director for screen & stage now based in London.

I am currently writing a feature film for Karga7 Pictures, an original play for Eleanor Lloyd Productions in London, and an adaptation of a TV series for Zorlu PSM in Istanbul. I am also developing plays with the Bush Theatre EWP, and the Hampstead Inspire Programme.

My most recent play, The E.U. Killed My Dad, won the Woven Voices Prize. Staged at Jermyn Street Theatre, the show was nominated for 2 Offie Awards. My previous play, For a Palestinian, enjoyed a sell-out 3-week run at the Camden People’s Theatre, before transferring to, and selling out, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre.

My previous work has won the Methuen Drama ‘Other’ Prize and the BOLD Playwrights Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Prize. I've been a member of Old Vic Playwriting, Bush Emerging Writers Programme, Royal Court Young Agitators, and the London Library Emerging Writers Programme.

My short films have been screened at festivals across the world. I also translate between English, German, and Turkish.

I am represented as a writer/director by Christian Ogunbanjo & Talia Tobias at United Agents.

Credits

In Development
Adverse Selection | Eleanor Lloyd Productions | Writer
The Pass | Bush Theatre | Writer
Plastic Surgery Play | Hamsptead Theatre | Writer
Kulüp | Zorlu PSM Istanbul | Writer
No Stranger Now | Karga7 Pictures | Writer
Getaway | Milk Machine Productions | Short Film | Director

Past work:
Writer | The EU Killed My Dad | Jermyn Street Theatre | 2024

Co-Writer/Director |For A Palestinian | Bristol Old Vic | Camden People's Theatre | 4 Weeks | 2022

Dramaturg & Original Co-creator | The Mosinee Project | Underbelly & New Diorama | Ed Fringe | 2024

Assistant Director | Multiple Casualty Incident | Yard Theatre | 5 weeks | 2024

Writer | A Guest | Vault Festival | 2023

Co-Writer & Co-Director | CICADA 3301 | Underbelly | Ed Fringe 2019

Training

Hampstead Theatre | Inspire Programme | 2024/25
Bush Theatre | Emerging Writers Programme | 2023/24
Old Vic Theatre | OV Playwriting | 2022
Royal Court | Intro To Translation | 2022
Royal Court | Agitator Programme | 2020/21
London Library | Emerging Writer's Programme | 2020/21
NFTS | Screen Writing Summer Course | 2020/21

University of Cambridge | BA Hons. Human, Social, and Political Sciences | 2019