Yeşim Ustaoğlu (born 18 November 1960) is a Turkish filmmaker and screenwriter.
Life and career
Ustaoğlu was born in
Kars,
Sarıkamış and grew up in
Trabzon
Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...
on the Black Sea.
After studying architecture at
Karadeniz Technical University she moved to
Istanbul
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, attended master's programme in
Yıldız Technical University,
she worked as an architect, then as a journalist and a film critic.
Before she made her feature film debut ''
The Trace'' (''İz'') in 1994, she had made several award-winning short films. ''The Trace'' was entered into the
19th Moscow International Film Festival
The 19th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 July 1995. The Golden St. George was not awarded.
Jury
* Richard Gere (United States – President of the Jury)
* Friedrich Gorenstein (Germany)
* Aurelio De Laurentiis (Italy) ...
.
Ustaoğlu received international recognition for her next film, ''
Journey to the Sun'' (''Güneşe Yolculuk''), which told a story of a friendship between a Turk and a Kurd.
Her fourth film ''
Pandora's Box
Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem ''Works and Days''. Hesiod reported that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing physi ...
'' (''Pandora'nın Kutusu'') won The Best Film and The Best Actress award in
San Sebastian Film Festival and is Ustaoğlu's biggest international success to date.
Filmography
References
External links
Official website*
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1960 births
Living people
People from Çaykara
Turkish women film directors
Turkish female screenwriters
Turkish architects