Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 26 January 1959; Istanbul) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. His film Winter Sleep (2014) won the Palme d'Or at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, while five of his films have been selected as Turkey's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He is married to filmmaker, photographer, and actress Ebru Ceylan, with whom he co-starred in Climates (2006). Ceylan's films deal with the estrangement of the individual, existentialism, the monotony of human lives, and the details of everyday life. He uses static shots and long takes, usually in natural settings, playing with sound(including the use of menacing silences.) He is known for filming his protagonist from behind, which, in his view, leaves the audiences to speculate on the brooding emotions of characters whose faces are obscured. Until Climates, Ceylan's films are made on low budgets, with casts generally consisting of amateur actors, most of whom are family members.
Climates
as IsaMan was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is...
Movie pageThe Waiting Room
as Telefondaki AdamZeki Demirkubuz plays the lead character Ahmet who wants to make a film about Dostoyevsky's...
Movie pageKusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as HimselfA film director, an actor, a musician, an organizer of festivals, a husband, a father, a...
Movie pageBalkan Spirit
as Self - DirectorFilmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the...
Movie pageA Long Cold Winter
as uncreditedA documentary about the shooting session of the film "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan....
Movie pageMaking of Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
as uncreditedA documentary about the shooting session of the film "Once Upon A Time in Anatolia" by Nuri...
Movie pageMaking Climates
as uncreditedA documentary about the shooting session of the film "Climates / İklimler" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan....
Movie pageMaking of Three Monkeys
as uncreditedA documentary about the shooting session of the film "Three Monkeys / Üç Maymun" by Nuri Bilge...
Movie pageMaking of The Wild Pear Tree
as HimselfA documentary about the filming session of the film “The Wild Pear Tree” by Nuri Bilge Ceylan…...
Movie pageMaking Distant
as uncreditedMaking of documentary of "Uzak / Distant" is showing the film makers on the set of "Uzak". A...
Movie pageMaking The Small Town
as uncreditedMaking of documentary of Kasaba is an interesting footage showing how you can shoot a feature...
Movie pageMaking Clouds of May
as uncreditedMaking of documentary of "Clouds of May / Mayıs Sıkıntısı" is showing the film makers on the set...
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