Tomris Giritlioğlu (1957 – 23 September 2024) was a Turkish film director and producer,[1] who directed the 1999 film Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds.
[2] Giritlioğlu was born in 1957 in Kadınhanı, Konya, and educated at TED Ankara College and the Department of English Language and Literature at Hacettepe University.
[1] After graduating, Giritlioğlu began working for Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), initially as a translator before becoming assistant producer in the Departments of Children's Programmes and Educational and Cultural Programmes.
[1] She then transferred to the Documentary Department, where she directed her first films, before moving to TRT's Drama Department as a general coordinator in 1988.
[1][3] She retired from TRT in 2002 and began working as a freelance filmmaker.