The movie "Do Not Disturb", which was recently released on Netflix, attracted international attention and appreciation. The film, written and directed by Cem Yılmaz, tells the story of the first day of an average Turkish citizen, who was unemployed due to the pandemic, in his job as a hotel manager.
Cem Yılmaz was born on April 23, 1973 in Istanbul. He is originally from Sivas. Mother's name is Sabahat and father's name is Arif. He has an older brother named Can and a sister named Özge. He completed his high school education at Hotel Management and Tourism Vocational High School.
He was continuing his undergraduate education at Boğaziçi University, Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, when he started working on cartoons in Leman Magazine, one of Turkey's most famous humor magazines.
He performed his first stand-up show at Leman Kültür in August 1995. He started performing at the Beşiktaş Cultural Center (Turkish BKM) in December of the same year. He performed in more than 1200 shows until the end of 2001. Almost all of his shows were sold out. In addition to Turkey, he also performed in Europe and America.
Cem Yılmaz (born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series G.O.R.A., Karakomik Fimler, Organize İşler, Vizontele. Also, He is best known for his films Yahşi Batı, Hokkabaz, İftarlık Gazoz, Av Mevsimi and has won three Sadri Alışık awards and Yeşilçam award for his roles. His international films are Russell Crowe's film "Water Diviner" and Ferzan Özpetek's film "Magnifica presenza".
He published his works published in Leman Magazine in his book "Cartoons". He had his first cinema experience in 1998, sharing the leading role with Mazhar Alanson in the movie "Everything Will Be Beautiful" directed by Ömer Vargı. The film was watched by approximately 1 million 800 thousand people in Turkey and Europe.
The artist, who also made a name for himself in the advertising world, was awarded the Crystal Apple award two years in a row with the radio spots of "Panasonic" commercials. In addition to radio spots, he appeared in commercials for brands such as Panasonic, Mavi Jeans, Telsim, Doritos, Opet, and Türk Telekom. Every commercial he appeared in managed to become a hot topic.
Their shows started to be broadcast by Star TV in 2000 and were marketed under the name "Show".
In 2001, Cem Yılmaz completed his military service in Ankara for 18 months. This is one of the longest military service periods.
He once again managed to attract millions of people to movie theaters with GORA, directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, in which he played the leading role by playing 4 different characters, It was released on November 12, 2004, although its shooting was completed, but its editing and screening were delayed due to problems with the production company.
In 2007, Cem Yılmaz founded an intellectual-art production company called "CMYLMZ Fikir Sanat", which designs and implements productions for cinema, television, stage, and other media. Cem Yılmaz, who has previously done many works with screenplay and acting works, will now work as a screenwriter, actor, director, and producer within the company.
While the famous comedian Cem Yılmaz entered the income tax list at 71st place in the 2011 taxation period, Yılmaz accrued 2 million 488 thousand 198 TL of income tax for his income from his activities such as independent musician, voice artist, speaker, and presenter.
Cem Yılmaz and film and television actor Ahu Yağtu got married on March 10, 2012, at the Pera Palas Hotel, where Agatha Christie stayed when she went to Istanbul. They went to Dubai for their honeymoon. Ahu Yağtu, who was 4.5 months pregnant before marriage, had their child on August 2, 2012, and they named him Kemal. The famous couple divorced in a single session on December 24, 2013.