Özcan Alper (born 1975) is a Turkish film director and screenwriter of Hemshin descent.
In 1992, he moved to Istanbul to study at Istanbul University Engineering Faculty in the Physics Department and then moved to Istanbul University Literature Faculty where he studied History of Sciences and graduated in 2003.
He also shot the documentary Tokai City'de Melankoli ve Rapsodi in Japan following it with yet another documentary entitled Bir Bilimadamıyla Zaman Enleminde Yolculuk.
In 2008, Alper released his first long feature Sonbahar (Autumn in Turkish) with multiple awards as a newcomer.
He followed that with another critically acclaimed film Gelecek Uzun Sürer (English title Future Lasts Forever) that has also won important awards.