NURI BILGE CEYLAN

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

Contents

Life and career

Style

Filmography

External links

References

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.^[1] 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)

External links

★ Official website

★ IMDb: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

★ DVD review of Clouds Of May

References

1. 1000 Volt