Yüksel Yavuz
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| Born | 1 February 1964 Karacokan |
| Education | University of Hamburg |
| Occupation | Film Director |
Yüksel Yavuz (born 1 February 1964 in Karakoçan, Turkey) is a Kurdish film director from Turkey.
Since 1980, he has lived in Germany. From 1986 to 1989 he studied sociology and economics at the University of Hamburg and from 1992 to 1996 visual communications at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg.[1] He produced his first film in 1994, an autobiographical documentary about the experience of his father as a guest worker and his mother, who stayed behind in the village.[2] He has won a number of awards.[3]
Filmography[]
- 1994: Mein Vater, der Gastarbeiter
- 1998: Aprilkinder
- 1999: Beyaz mantolu adam
- 2003: Kleine Freiheit (A little bit of freedom)
- 2007: Close up Kurdistan
- 2010: Sehnsucht nach Istanbul
- 2013: Hevî[4]
- 2017: Amed, Gedächtnis einer Stadt
External links[]
- Interview with Kurdish Cinema 27 February 2009
- Yüksel Yavuz's A little bit of freedom, by Deniz Gokturk, 2005
- Trailer of Close up Kurdistan on Youtube
References[]
- ^ Yüksel Yavuz's A little bit of freedom, by Deniz Gokturk, 2005
- ^ ibid.
- ^ "Yüksel Yavuz - Regisseur | NEWA FILM" (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ "Hêvî - Hoffnung | Film 2013 | moviepilot.de". www.moviepilot.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
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- Kurdish film directors
- Turkish film directors
- 1964 births
- Turkish people of Kurdish descent
- Living people
- People from Karakoçan