Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

January 26, 1959 · 67 years old

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 Internati…

Known For

12 titles
1
Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

2014 · 3h 16m · Movie

A hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.

8.0
2
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

2011 · 2h 37m · Movie

A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.

7.8
3
The Wild Pear Tree

The Wild Pear Tree

2018 · 3h 8m · Movie

An unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.

8.0
4
Distant

Distant

2002 · 1h 50m · Movie

After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.

7.5
5
Three Monkeys

Three Monkeys

2008 · 1h 49m · Movie

A family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.

7.3
6
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023 · 3h 17m · Movie

A young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on ...

7.7
7
Climates

Climates

2006 · 1h 38m · Movie

Dowdy university instructor Isa is an inattentive husband to his younger, TV-business wife Bahar. Self-absorbed, Isa only communicates in the most rudimentary way, while she, similarly, detaches into crying jags and juvenile behav...

7.1
8
The Small Town

The Small Town

1997 · 1h 25m · Movie

The story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey seen through the eyes of children and dealing with the growing complexity when one becomes an adult.

7.0
9
Clouds of May

Clouds of May

1999 · 2h 10m · Movie

Muzaffer goes to his parent's house to shoot his film. He is thinking of casting his relatives in the film, but his father struggles with the forest administration of the oaks he grows, and his mother grows ill with diseases broug...

7.3
10
The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

2004 · 1h 34m · Movie

Zeki Demirkubuz plays the lead character Ahmet who wants to make a film about Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'. He falls into a deep depression, loses interest in the film and life, pushes those who love him away and cannot co...

6.3
11
Cocoon

Cocoon

1995 · 20m · Movie

A short, silent, black and white story about life, survival, death; animals, objects, trees; young and old. It is mostly an aggregation of a bunch of good photos, which is not surprising, as Ceylan is also a photographer.

6.7
12
Making Clouds of May

Making Clouds of May

1999 · 22m · Movie

Making of documentary of "Clouds of May / Mayıs Sıkıntısı" is showing the film makers on the set of "Clouds of May" making the director's first film with the production sound. A silent 35mm Aaton camera and Kodak film. Turkish with optional English subtitles.

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