S. Sarp Yıldız
Since ’87
Studied computer science, then walked away from code before I ever wrote it for a living. Cinema pulled harder. A master’s in film, years on sets, in writers’ rooms, in acting classes, learning why some frames stay with you and most don’t.
Generative AI didn’t change what I care about. It changed what I can make. Films that lived only on paper now reach the screen: sometimes long silences, hard light, faces that hold the frame, sometimes pushing the limits of action. The tools are new. The aim is old. Not the trick of AI, but the feeling of cinema.
Today I make short films, cinematic pieces and brand work from Istanbul, for people who’d rather watch something than scroll past it.
How I work
Screenwriting
Every film starts as a script, even a thirty-second one. I come from screenwriting and writers’ rooms, so I build the structure first and ask each scene why it is there. If a scene can’t answer, it goes, however good it looks.
Direction & shot design
I think in shots before I generate a single frame. Lens, framing, blocking and rhythm are decided the way I learned on set, with references and a shot list, so every image has a reason to exist. Acting classes taught me to watch faces, and I leave room for a look to hold the frame.
AI generation & grading
I work across many generative tools and choose by what each shot needs, not by habit. Most of what I generate never makes the cut: I curate hard to keep characters, light and texture consistent from the first shot to the last. Then I grade toward a filmic look, with real contrast and grain, so it plays as one film and not as a pile of clips.
Edit & sound
The edit is where a film finds its pace. I let a shot run long when the silence is doing the work, and cut the moment it stops. Sound design and music are made for each film, because half of what you feel in a scene, you hear.
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FAQ
Who is Sarp Yıldız?
Sarp Yıldız (Sarpstar) is a film director and AI video creator based in Istanbul. He has a master’s in film and spent years on sets, in writers’ rooms and in acting classes before he started making cinematic AI films.
What kind of AI films does he make?
Brand films and ads, short films, social media content, music videos and experimental pieces. Every film starts as a script and is planned shot by shot like a live-action film, then generated, graded toward a filmic look and cut with sound design and music made for it.
How can brands work with him?
He makes brand films and ads with the same care as a short film, built for where they will run, plus vertical teasers and cutdowns for social platforms. To start, write to info@sarpstar.com or use the contact form.
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Get in touchBrand films & ads
Commercial films I make with the same care as a short film, built for where they will run.
Short films
Original stories I write and direct, with a beginning, a middle and a reason to stay.
Social media content
Vertical and short pieces I make for social platforms: teasers and cutdowns that still feel like cinema.
Music videos
I build the images around the song: its mood, its rhythm and its silences.
Experimental pieces
Mood, texture and time: studies where I push what the tools can do.