Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Known for
Directing
Born
January 26, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Istanbul, Turkey
Biography
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...
Best known work
Winter Sleep
2014
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011
The Wild Pear Tree
2018
Distant
2002
Three Monkeys
2008
About Dry Grasses
2023
Climates
2006
The Small Town
1997
Destiny
2006
Clouds of May
1999Filmography
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Pale SunDirector, Writer
2025
2025
2023
About Dry GrassesProducer, Editor, Director, Writer
2018
Making of The Wild Pear Treeas Himself, Writer, Producer, Director
2018
The Wild Pear TreeDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
2014
A Long Cold WinterProducer, Writer, Director
2014
Winter SleepWriter, Director, Editor, Producer
2013
Balkan Spiritas Self - Director
2012
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boyas Himself
2011
Making of Once Upon A Time in AnatoliaProducer, Writer, Director
2011
Once Upon a Time in AnatoliaDirector, Writer, Producer, Editor
2008
Making of Three MonkeysProducer, Writer, Director
2008
Three MonkeysDirector, Writer, Editor, Producer
2006
Making ClimatesWriter, Producer, Director
2006
DestinyThanks
2006
Climatesas Isa, Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
2002
Making DistantProducer, Writer, Director
2002
DistantDirector, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Camera Operator
1999
Making Clouds of MayProducer, Writer, Director
1999
Clouds of MayDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Camera Operator
1998
On the EdgeThanks
1997
Making The Small TownWriter, Producer, Director
1997
The Small TownDirector, Writer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography