FILM DIRECTOR

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

1959 - Today

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Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkish: [ˈnuːɾi ˈbilɟe ˈdʒejlan]; born 26 January 1959) 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 six of his films have been selected as Turkey's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nuri Bilge Ceylan is the 475th most popular film director (up from 500th in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 786th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ranks 475 out of 2,041. Before him are Curtis Hanson, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Michael Anderson, J. Stuart Blackton, Thomas Vinterberg, and Philippe Garrel. After him are Jerome Robbins, André Téchiné, Patrice Leconte, Delbert Mann, Neil Jordan, and Maurice Pialat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ranks 125. Before him are Prithvirajsing Roopun, Rebecca De Mornay, Alessandro Nannini, Kokhir Rasulzoda, Crin Antonescu, and Matthew Modine. After him are John Sykes, Tobias Moretti, Scott Brown, Viveca Sten, Sean Young, and Alan Wilder.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ranks 777 out of 1,347. Before him are Aëtius of Amida (502), Cleomedes (110), Ada of Caria (-400), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Athenodorus Cananites (-100), and Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha (1644). After him are Zeki Müren (1931), Ivan Isakov (1894), Ahmed Nihad (1883), Simonida (1294), Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha (1281), and Antiochus Kantemir (1708).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Türkiye

Among film directors born in Türkiye, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ranks 4. Before him are Elia Kazan (1909), Yılmaz Güney (1937), and Henri Verneuil (1920). After him are Sırrı Süreyya Önder (1962), Ferzan Özpetek (1959), Semih Kaplanoğlu (1963), Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967), Yeşim Ustaoğlu (1960), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964), and Deniz Gamze Ergüven (1978).

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