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Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Born in İstanbul in 1959, Nuri Bilge Ceylan graduated from the Engineering Department of Bosphorus University. He later studied filmmaking at Mimar Sinan University in İstanbul and worked extensively as a photographer. After his short film Koza (The Cocoon), which was a Cannes Film Festival selection, he shot his first full-length film, Kasaba (The Small Town), in 1997. The Small Town won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Nantes Film Festival, the Caligari Award at the Berlin Film Festival, and the Best Film and Best Cinematography Awards at Cologne Film Festival. Ceylan’s second feature film, Mayıs Sıkıntısı (Clouds of May) won 18 international awards including Best Film at Premiere Plans Film Festival, and the International Competition Section of the 19th International İstanbul Film Festival. Ceylan’s Uzak (Distant) won the Grand Prix and Best Actor Awards at Cannes Film Festival in 2003. |
Filmography 1995 Koza / The Cocoon (short) |
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