DIRECTOR / Nuri Bilge CEYLAN            2014 - <Winter Sleep> / Cannes Award for Palme d'Or.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul, Turkey, 1959. After graduating from Engineering Department of Bosphorus University, he studied Film Making for two years at Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul. Made his first short film, KOZA, in 1994 and his first feature film, KASABA, which was awarded the Caligari Prize at the Berlinale, in 1998. His second film, MAYIS SIKINTISI, was also nominated in the golden bear at the Berlinale, in 2000 and recent film, UZAK, was awarded two awards : Grand Prix du Jury, Best Actor in Cannes 2002.

 

  Filmography
2014 - <Winter Sleep> Cannes Award for Palme d'Or.

2011 - <Once Upon A Time in Anatolia> / Cannes Film Festival 2011 Grand Prix

2008 - <3 Monkeys> / Cannes Award for Best Director.
2006 - <Climates> Cannes Film Festival 2006.

2002 - UZAK (Distant) / Cannes Film Festival 2011 Grand Prix and Best Actor Prize

1999 - MAYIS SIKINTISI (Clouds of May) .117min. 35mm. Color

1997 - KASABA (The Small Town). 35mm. 85min. Black&White

1995 - KOZA (Cocoon). Short film. 35mm. 20min. Black&White

 
Press Conference before the Official Screening of UZAK

 

 

 

Ceylan receiving his Grand Jury Prize from Sting for his latest film "Uzak" on the closing ceremony held on 25th May, 2003.. He dedicated his prize to fellow Turkish director Yilmaz Guney who won the Palme in 1982.   "He died in Paris," Ceylan said, "in suffering, never to see his country again."

 

 

 

 

 

2008 - <3 Monkeys> / Cannes Award for Best Director.

 

2014 - <Winter Sleep> Cannes Award for Palme d'Or.

 

 

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