New history makers
by iniyan_arul | created - 17 Feb 2019 | updated - 29 Dec 2022 | Public
1. Liam Gavin
Director | A Dark Song
Liam Gavin is known for A Dark Song (2016), Mutant Chronicles (2008) and Jericho (2009).
2. Can Evrenol
Director | Baskin
Born and raised in Istanbul, Evrenol studied Film Studies and Art History at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Upon graduating, he has independently written, directed and produced short horror films, which won him several international awards, as well as being officially selected to more than ...
3. Jim Jarmusch
Director | Paterson
Moved to New York City at the age of seventeen from Akron, Ohio. Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English, class of '75. Without any prior film experience, he was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts, New York.
4. Agnès Varda
Director | Cléo de 5 à 7
Agnès Varda was born on May 30, 1928 in Ixelles, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Vagabond (1985) and Faces Places (2017). She was married to Jacques Demy. She died on March 29, 2019 in Paris, France.
5. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Writer | The Double
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow, Russia. He was the second of seven children of Mikhail Andreevich and Maria Dostoevsky. His father, a doctor, was a member of the Russian nobility, owned serfs and had a considerable estate near Moscow where he lived with his ...
6. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul on January 26th, 1959. In 1976, he began studying chemical engineering at Istanbul Technical University, in a context of strong student unrest, boycotts and political polarization. In 1978, he switched courses to Electrical Engineering at Bogazici University. ...
7. Mehmet Ada Öztekin
Director | Yedinci Kogustaki Mucize
During his university years in Antalya and Izmir, he worked as a manager in private radios. He prepared and presented the radio show "Gamli baykus". After years of radio broadcasting, his passion for cinema made his way to Istanbul. He started working in a production company and met Kaan Çaydamli ...
8. Michael Petroni
Writer | The Book Thief
Michael Petroni is known for The Book Thief (2013), Messiah (2020) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). He has been married to Jenni Baird since November 2008.
9. Nadine Labaki
Actress | Et maintenant on va où?
Nadine Labaki was born on February 18, 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon. She is an actress and director, known for Where Do We Go Now? (2011), Capernaum (2018) and Caramel (2007). She has been married to Khaled Mouzanar since October 2007.
10. Costa-Gavras
Director | Z
Costa-Gavras was born on February 12, 1933 in Loutra-Iraias, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for Z (1969), Missing (1982) and Amen. (2002). He has been married to Michèle Ray-Gavras since 1968. They have two children.
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