Ebru Ceylan (, born 26 January 1976) is a Turkish photographer, actress, screenwriter and art director. She is married to collaborator

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (; born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. His film ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014) won the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, 67th Cannes Film Festival, while s ...

Biography

Ebru Yapıcı was born in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

and studied film and television at

Marmara University Marmara University (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a Public university, public research university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university, named after the Sea of Marmara, was founded as a university in 1982. However, its ...

and Mimar Sinan University. The Ceylans starred together in the 2006 film '' Climates'', which they also co-wrote, beginning a writing collaboration that would include '' Three Monkeys'' (2008), ''

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ''Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'' () is a 2011 internationally co-produced drama film, co-written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan based on the true experience of one of the film's writers, telling the story of a group of men who search for a dead ...

'' (2011) and the

Palme d'Or The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...

-winning '' Winter Sleep'' (2014). Nuri Bilge described their writing relationship, which Ebru opted to end after ''Winter Sleep'', saying "Since she is my wife she has the right to say anything. We fight a lot actually, sometimes till the morning, but it's very useful". For ''Winter Sleep'', Ebru received a nomination for the

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter The European Film Award for Best Screenwriter is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize a screenwriter who has delivered an outstanding screenplay in a film industry. The award is presented by the European Film Academy ...

. She resumed her writing collaboration with Nuri Bilge, now with Akin Aksun, for '' The Wild Pear Tree'' (2018) and '' About Dry Grasses'' (2023).

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1976 births Actresses from Ankara Living people Marmara University alumni Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University alumni Turkish film actresses Turkish photographers Turkish female screenwriters {{Turkey-actor-stub