Zaferhan “Zaf” Yumru
Writer, Producer, Director
Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, Zaferhan (Zaf) Yumru is a film and festival producer and marketing professional. In Turkey, he worked as a programmer and marketing manager for organizations including !f Istanbul Film Festival, Discovery Channel, QueerFest Ankara, and more.
Zaf immigrated to the U.S. in 2017 and joined the New Orleans Film Society, where he still works as the director of marketing and communications. He also currently serves as the co-director of PATOIS New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival. Zaf is an associate producer of Ma Belle, My Beauty (dir. Marion Hill) which premiered at the 2020 Sundance FF and won the Audience Award in the NEXT category, and Silent Beauty (dir. Jasmin Mara López) a feature-length documentary in production.
Zaf is getting ready to direct his debut short film, BUSH, in 2021.