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Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Born 1959
Istanbul, Turkey

Occupation Film director, Photographer

Years active 1995 - present

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959 in Istanbul) is a Turkish photographer and film director.

1 Life and career
2 Style
3 Filmography
4 External links
5 References

Life and career

After graduating from Boğaziçi University with a BSc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, he went on with his studies on cinema for two years at Mimar Sinan University. His first short film Koza (Cocoon) was screened in the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. He received many awards with his debut feature Kasaba (Small Town). His third feature Uzak (Distant) received many awards including the Grand Jury Prize and the Best Actor Prize at Cannes, and was praised internationally. His latest film Iklimler (Climates) won the FIPRESCI Movie Critics' Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and received international praise by critics and experts. The film won 5 awards at the 2006 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, bringing him the "Best Director" title.^[1] During the preparation of this movie, Ceylan turned his attentions to photography again. He won the best director award in the 2008 Cannes Film Festival for Üç Maymun (Three Monkeys).^[2] At the end of his speech, Ceylan stated, "I dedicate this award to my lonely and beautiful country, which I passionately love."

He is married to the actress Ebru Ceylan, his co-star in İklimler.

Style

Ceylan usually deals with the estrangement of the individual, natural existentialism, monotonous real human lives and fundamental details of life. Having started his career as a photographer, Ceylan makes minimalist movies with an extremely low budget. His cast generally consists of amateur actors, most of which are his family members, including his mother and father. Most critiques link the strikingly natural atmosphere in his movies with this selection of actors. More specifically, the characters in Ceylan's movies appear to be people from our everyday life and the audience can form a warm and friendly relationship with the actors, which appears to be a much more difficult task for professional actors.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
1995	Koza	English title: (Cocoon)
1998	Kasaba	English title: (Small Town)
2000	Mayıs Sıkıntısı	English title: (Clouds of May)
2002	Uzak	English title: (Distant)
2006	İklimler	English title: (Climates)
2008	Üç Maymun	English title: (Three Monkeys)

External links

References

^ 1000 Volt (Turkish)
^ Festival de Cannes

Awards
Preceded by Ömer Kavur	Golden Orange Award for Best Director 1999 for Mayıs Sıkıntısı	Succeeded by Derviş Zaim
Preceded by Handan İpekçi	Golden Orange Award for Best Screenplay 2002 for Uzak	Succeeded by Ömer Kavur-Macit Koper
Preceded by Zeki Demirkubuz	Golden Orange Award for Best Director 2002 for Uzak	Succeeded by Ömer Kavur
Preceded by Kutluğ Ataman	Golden Orange Award for Best Director 2006 for İklimler	Succeeded by Fatih Akın
Preceded by Julian Schnabel	Best Director, Cannes 2008 for Üç Maymun	Succeeded by TBD

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Golden Orange Award for Best Director

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