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Nuri Bilge Ceylan Biography

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer, Actor, Production designer

Awards

  • 1997Golden Boll in National Feature Film-Yilmaz Guney Award: winner
  • 1997Golden Boll in National Feature Film-Best Film: nominated
  • 1998Best Film-National Competition: nominated
  • 1998Caligari Film Award-: winner
  • 1998Special Prize of the Jury-National Competition: winner
  • 1998FIPRESCI Prize-National Competition: winner
  • 1998Best Film Award-Best Full-Length Fiction Film: nominated
  • 1998Best Cinematography-: winner
  • 1998Golden Montgolfiere-: nominated
  • 1998Bronze Horse-: nominated
  • 1998Tokyo Grand Prix-: nominated
  • 1998Silver Award-: winner
  • 1998SIYAD Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
  • 1998SIYAD Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1998SIYAD Award-Most Promising Artist: winner
  • 1999Laser Vidéo Titres Award-: winner
  • 1999Golden Orange-Best Director: winner
  • 1999Golden Crow Pheasant-: nominated
  • 1999SIYAD Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999SIYAD Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1999SIYAD Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
  • 2000Best Film-: winner
  • 2000Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
  • 2000Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2000FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 2000Golden Tulip-: winner
  • 2000Best Turkish Film of the Year-: winner
  • 2000FIPRESCI Prize-International Competition: winner
  • 2000People's Choice Award-National Competition: winner
  • 2001European Jury Award-Feature Film: winner
  • 2001Laser Vidéo Titres Award-: winner
  • 2001Silver Rosa Camuna-: winner
  • 2001Best Film-: nominated
  • 2001Best Director-: winner
  • 2001Silver Screen Award-Best Asian Feature Film: nominated
  • 2001Special Jury Prize-Asian Feature Film: winner
  • 2002Best Film-National Competition: winner
  • 2002Best Editing-: winner
  • 2002Best Cinematography-: winner
  • 2002Best Director-: winner
  • 2002Golden Orange-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2002Golden Orange-Best Director: winner
  • 2002Golden Orange-Best Film: winner
  • 2002SIYAD Award-Best Cinematography: winner
  • 2002SIYAD Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2002SIYAD Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2003Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2003Grand Prize of the Jury-: winner
  • 2003Silver Hugo-Special Jury Prize: winner
  • 2003Lino Brocka Award-: winner
  • 2003European Film Award-European Director: nominated
  • 2003EFA People's Choice Award-Best European Director: nominated
  • 2003Special Mention-: winner
  • 2003FIPRESCI Prize-Turkish Competition: winner
  • 2003Best Turkish Film of the Year-: winner
  • 2003Best Turkish Director of the Year-: winner
  • 2003Golden Antigone-: winner
  • 2003Critics Award-Features: winner
  • 2003FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: winner
  • 2003Estonian Film Critics Award-: winner
  • 2004France Culture Award-Foreign Cineaste of the Year: winner
  • 2004Festival Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2004Silver Screen Award-Best Asian Feature Film: winner
  • 2004Silver Screen Award-Best Director - Asian Feature Film: winner
  • 2004Best Balkan Film-: winner
  • 2004Prize Trieste-: winner
  • 2006Golden Orange-Best Director: winner
  • 2006FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
  • 2006Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2006Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2006Lino Brocka Award-International Competition: nominated
  • 2006FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 2006Grand Prize-: nominated
  • 2006Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
  • 2006Don Quixote Award - Special Mention-: winner
  • 2006SIYAD Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2007Golden Tulip-Best Film: nominated
  • 2007Best Turkish Film of the Year-: winner
  • 2007People's Choice Award-National Competition: winner
  • 2007Best Film-: nominated
  • 2007Grand Prize-: winner
  • 2008Golden Orange-Best Film: nominated
  • 2008Asia Pacific Screen Award-Achievement in Directing: winner
  • 2008Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2008Best Director-: winner
  • 2008Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2008Asian and Arab Competition Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2008Grand Prix Asturias-Best Film: nominated
  • 2008Golden Anchor Award-: winner
  • 2008Art Cinema Award-: nominated
  • 2008SIYAD Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2008SIYAD Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2008SIYAD Award-Best Editing: winner
  • 2008Yesilçam Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2008Yesilçam Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2009Silver Ribbon-Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo): nominated
  • 2009Culture and Art Award-Best Movie: winner
  • 2009Culture and Art Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2009Jury Prize-Best Feature Film: winner
  • 2011Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2011Asia Pacific Screen Award-Achievement in Directing: winner
  • 2011Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2011Grand Prize of the Jury-: winner
  • 2011Lino Brocka Award-International Competition: nominated
  • 2011Muhr AsiaAfrica Special Jury Prize-Feature: winner
  • 2011Muhr AsiaAfrica Award-Best Film - Feature: nominated
  • 2011Netpac Award-: winner
  • 2011Silver Mirror Award-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2011Audience Award - Honorable Mention-Masters: winner
  • 2011Critics Award-: winner
  • 2011SIYAD Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2011SIYAD Award-Best Editing: winner
  • 2011SIYAD Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2011World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2012Honorable Mention-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2012DFCC-Best Director: nominated
  • 2012Dublin Film Critics Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2012European Film Award-European Director: nominated
  • 2012VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013Abraccine Award-Best International Feature Film (Melhor Longa Estrangeiro): nominated
  • 2013Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: nominated
  • 2013ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013IOMA-Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo): nominated
  • 2013ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2014Asia Pacific Screen Award-Achievement in Directing: winner
  • 2014Palme d'Or-: winner
  • 2014FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
  • 2014Audience Choice Award-Audience Choice Award: nominated
  • 2014European Film Award-European Director: nominated
  • 2014European Film Award-European Film: nominated
  • 2014European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2014Film and Literature Award-: nominated
  • 2014Golden Anchor Award-: winner
  • 2014LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2014FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: nominated
  • 2014Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2014Turia Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2014SIYAD Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2014SIYAD Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2014SIYAD Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2015Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated
  • 2015Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2015César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
  • 2015Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2015Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2015ICS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
  • 2015IOMA-Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale): winner
  • 2015IOMA-Best European Film (Miglior film europeo): nominated
  • 2015Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2015FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
  • 2015Turia Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2016Hellenic Film Academy Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2018Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2018Grand Prix-Best Film: nominated
  • 2018Gabriel Sherover Foundation Award-Best International Film: nominated
  • 2018Audience Award-: nominated
  • 2018Silver Mirror Award-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2018Golden Giraldillo-Best Film: nominated
  • 2018SIYAD Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2018SIYAD Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2018SIYAD Award-Best Editing: nominated
  • 2019Tiantan Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2019East-West: Golden Arch-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2019East-West: Golden Arch-Best Director: nominated
  • 2020Días de Cine Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2023Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2023Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2023Award for International Cinema-The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film: nominated
  • 2023SIYAD Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2023SIYAD Award-Best Editing: winner
  • 2023SIYAD Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2024Lumiere Award-Best International Coproduction (Meilleure coproduction internationale): winner
  • 2024FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
  • 2025Golden Panda Award-Best Director for a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2025Golden Panda Award-Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture: winner