Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a Turkish director. Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1959. After graduating from Bogazici University with a BSc degree on Electrical Engineering, he went on with his studies on cinema for two years. His first short film Koza (Coccoon) 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.
He usually deals with the estrangement of the individual, natural existentialism, monotonous real human lives and fundamental details of life.
Filmography
- Koza (Coccoon) (1995)
- Kasaba (Small Town) (1998)
- Mayıs Sıkıntısı (Clouds of May) (2000)
- Uzak (Distant) (2002)
External links
Official website
