Uur Klnē received his undergraduate education in Radio, Television, and Cinema at Kocaeli University's Faculty of Communication, continuing his academic journey with a master's degree from the same university's Institute of Social Sciences in the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema. He completed his doctorate in 2022 at Marmara University's Institute of Social Sciences, majoring in Cinema Studies and graduating with the highest GPA of 4.0. From 2015 to 2022, Dr. Klnē served as a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Communication's Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema at Ondokuz Mays University. Since 2022, he has been contributing as an Associate Professor. As a full-time academic at the faculty, his work transcends academic teaching; he is also an accomplished author in the genres of gothic and horror, with works published by notable publishers such as thaki Publishing, KaraKarga Publishing, Bilgi Publishing, and Dark Istanbul Publishings in Turkey. Dr. Klnē lectures on an array of subjects at the undergraduate level, including Cinema History, Art History, Mythology, Independent Cinema, Screenwriting, Adaptations in Cinema, Film Production, and Video-Art. He offers courses in Visual Literacy, Nordic Cinema, and Horror Cinema at the graduate level. With a burgeoning interest in artificial intelligence, especially post-pandemic, Dr. Klnē has pivoted to integrate this field into his area of expertise, delivering numerous seminars in universities and private institutions on the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and the film industry. In 2023, he authored a book chapter titled Technological Transformations in the Cinema Industry: Where Does Artificial Intelligence Stand in Cinema? in the Turkish publication Artificial Intelligence in Communication Sciences. Dr. Klnē has previously enjoyed the privilege of contributing to IGI Global's Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (2018), Narrative Advertising Models and Conceptualization in the Digital Age (2017), and Handbook Of Research On Effective Advertising Strategies In The Social Media Age (2015). His Turkish works focus on cinema, including published books such as 50 Essentials of Horror Cinema, Nordic Cinema, and The Music of Mythology, as well as numerous articles, providing a profound knowledge base in the field of cinema.
