Bilge Ebiri

Bilge Ebiri (/ˈbɪlɡə ɛˈbɪəri/; born 1973 in York) is an American journalist and filmmaker.^{[citation needed]} His first feature film, a comedy thriller entitled New Guy, was released in 2004.

Early life and education[]

Ebiri studied film at Yale University where his thesis film, Bad Neighborhood won the Lamar Prize for Achievement in Film.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

After graduation, Ebiri worked as an assistant director for a Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov on The Barber of Siberia.^{[citation needed]}

He both wrote and directed New Guy, his debut feature.^[1] Time Out called it "broadly predictable and increasingly one note, but passable sadistic fun."^[2] In 2003 he wrote, directed and co-produced the low-budget feature film New Guy. It was released in 2004 and after getting positive reviews in The New York Times and Variety, had a successful theatrical run in New York City. It was released on DVD in 2005 by Vanguard Cinema.^{[citation needed]}

He became the lead critic at the Village Voice in February 2016.^[3]

Filmography[]

• Bad Neighborhood (1995)
• Infernal Racket (1996)
• New Guy (2003)
• Purse Snatcher (2006)
• Görünmeyen (2011)

References[]

External links[]

• Official blog on Blogger
• Bilge Ebiri at IMDb

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