Ceylan started shooting Pale Sun (Yorgun Günes), starring Pınar Deniz and Altan Erkekli
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a Turkish filmmaker and actor. His films usually explore Turkish society in the 21st century, featuring long takes and lengthy runtime.
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entertainment · Turkish film director, screenwriter, film producer and photographer (born 1959) · film director · screenwriter · cinematographer · film producer · film editor · actor · director · also Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ceylan
Born 26 January 1959 · Q724172
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 2 entries
Yahoo: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Responds to Backlash Over Attending Government-Run Iranian Film Festival: This ‘Should Not Be Interpreted as Support’ for Regime
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MutualArt.com: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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2024· 1 entry
Awarded Lumière Award for Best International Co-Production for About Dry Grasses (2024).
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2023· 6 entries
Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 27 Aralık 2023 tarihinde paylaşılan videoda Sırrı Süreyya Önder’in Engin Günaydın’la beraber Zeki Demirkubuz ve Nuri Bilge Ceylan tartışmasına dair konuştuğu iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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bianet: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "About Dry Grasses": A dive into the hinterlands through the eyes of ‘Samet’
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bianet: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's ‘About Dry Grasses' tops box office in Turkey
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The Guardian: About Dry Grasses review – Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s absorbing drama of a teacher-pupil crisis
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Deadline.com: ‘About Dry Grasses’ Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan Says His 3-Hour-Plus Epic Could Have Been Longer – Cannes
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Deadline.com: ‘About Dry Grasses’ Review: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Pic A Rewarding Ride Despite Three Hours Of Dense Dialogue – Cannes Film Festival
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2019· 1 entry
Yahoo: Nuri Bilge Ceylan to Head Shanghai Festival Jury
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: The Wild Pear Tree review – Nuri Bilge Ceylan's delicious, humane tableaux
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2014· 5 entries
The Guardian: Nuri Bilge Ceylan on Winter Sleep: ‘I don't like comedies – I don't like to laugh’
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Awarded Palme d'Or for Winter Sleep (2014).
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Awarded FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes for Winter Sleep (2014).
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The Guardian: Cannes 2014: Nuri Bilge Ceylan criticises Turkish government over mine disaster
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IndieWire: Cannes Review: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ‘Winter Sleep’ is Three Hours-Plus and Worth the Trip
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Carrosse d'or (2012).
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The Guardian: Yoghurt and murder with Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011).
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards (2009).
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The Guardian: Transcript of the Guardian interview with Nuri Bilge Ceylan at BFI Southbank
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Best Director Award for Three Monkeys (2008).
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2006· 2 entries
Won Golden Orange Best Film Director Award for Climates (2006).
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Awarded FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes for Climates (2006).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Prix France Culture Cinéma (2004).
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2003· 2 entries
Won Golden Orange Award Best FILM for Uzak (2003).
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Awarded Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix for Uzak (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Won Golden Orange Best Film Director Award for Uzak (2002).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Critics Award for Clouds of May (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Won Golden Orange Best Film Director Award for Clouds of May (1999).
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1993· 1 entry
Acted in Mehmet Eryılmaz's short film Seviyorum Ergo Sum, where he also helped with the film's production
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1989· 1 entry
Won a national competition to represent Turkey at an international event organised by Kodak, and took part in shoots in London and Kathmandu
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1982· 1 entry
Was featured in an article in the arts and culture magazine Milliyet Sanat on young Turkish photographers
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1976· 1 entry
Ceylan started studying chemistry at Istanbul Technical University; in 1978, he transferred to Boğaziçi University in order to study electrical engineering
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-01-26.
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