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Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959 in Istanbul) is a Turkish photographer and film director.
Life and career
After graduating from Boğaziçi University with a BSc degree in
Electrical 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 was subject to 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.During the
preparation of this movie, Ceylan turned his attentions to photography
again.
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
- Koza (Cocoon) (1995)
- Kasaba (Small Town) (1998)
- Mayis Sikintisi (Clouds of May) (2000)
- Uzak (Distant) (2002)
- İklimler (Climates) (2006)
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