Sinan Çetin 1953 yılında Van'da dünyaya geldi, sanatçı 1970’li yıllarda resim ve fotoğraf alanında amatör çalışmalar yaptı.
Sinemaya 1975 yılında Zeki Ökten’in çektiği Hanzo adlı filmde asistanlık yaparak başladı.
Daha sonra yönetmen Şerif Gören ve Atıf Yılmaz ile birlikte çalıştı.
1977 yılında Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sanat tarihi bölümünden mezun oldu.
Aynı yıl Baskın ve ardından Halı Türküsü adlı belgeselleri yönetti.
1980 yılında ilk uzun metrajlı filmi Bir Günün Hikayesi ni çekti ve bu film 1982 Antalya Film Festivali'nde En iyi yönetmen ödülüne layık görüldü.
Daha sonra peş peşe Çiçek Abbas, 14 Numara, Çirkinler de Sever, Berlin in Berlin gibi ödüllü filmleri yönetti.
Bu arada reklam filmleri ve müzik klipleride yöneten Sinan Çetin, düzene karşı eleştirisini dile getirdiği Propaganda,Komiser Şekspir gibi liberal filmler ile büyük bir gişe hasılatı sağladı.
Sinan Çetin’in kendi filmlerini çektiği Plato film adlı bir şirketi bulunmaktadır.
Ayrıca Ayn Rand ve Karl Popper gibi filozofların eserlerini yayınladığı bir yayınevi sahibidir.
Sinan Çetin bu yayınevini yakın dostu Atilla Yayla'nın da desteğiyle liberal düşünceyi yaymak amacıyla kurmuştur.
Sinan Çetin evlidir ve 4 çocuğu bulunmaktadır.
A college teenager encounters love while being thrown in the harsh but poetic wind of his dreams. Even though he tries to resist, love has now taken over him. Is his passion for photography and his American love, Jenny, an obstacle to the revolution? Is life strong enough to break down this hard wall? A lament to the lost generation of an era through the great love of Rüzgar.
The friendship of Gokhan and Omer is challenged when Omer falls in love with beautiful Yasemin. Gokhan frames his best friend Omer for a murder, subsequently Omer must leave the country.
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, police mistakes him with a terrorist and takes him and his friend Muzo into custody. Fooled by the police during the interrogation they name another friend, Aydin, in hope of saving themselves. As they all end up in prison, they remember the families and lovers they left behind.
After fainting in a school rehearsal, little Su is diagnosed with leukemia. As a result she is forced to give up the Snow White role she wanted so badly. Police Chief Cemil decides to stage the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at his oppressive police station. He hopes to win a TV competition in order to save his dying daughter.
Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.
A television news anchorman, İsmet Berkan goes on a journey with his wife. Along the journey, out of the blue they start fighting. When he confesses that he cheated on her, she gets mad. Enraged, Leyla gets out of the car, enters a gas station and takes off with a man in a red sports car. Trying to track down his wife, the anchorman finds himself trapped in a bizarre world in the midst of murderers, cops and beautiful women.
While working as an assistant to swindling driver Şakir, ingenuous Abbas falls for the same woman his boss loves.