Reha Erdem (born 1960 in
Istanbul
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) is a
Turkish film director and screenwriter.
Biography
He attended
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...
and studied history at
Boğaziçi University
Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus, Bosphorus strait. It has six facult ...
before leaving to study film in 1983. He obtained a B.A. in Cinema Studies and an M.A. in Plastic Arts from the
University of Paris VIII
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It is one of the th ...
.
Erdem's critical approach to masculinity gives him a unique place among the directors of new Turkish cinema.
[Çakırlar Cüneyt and Özlem Güçlü. "Gender Family and Home(land) in Contemporary Turkish Cinema" Resistance in Contemporary Middle Eastern Cultures: Literature, Cinema and Music. Laachir, Karima and Talajooy, Saeed, 2012: 169.]
Filmography
})
,
,
,
, Debut film.
, -
, 1999
, ''
Run for Money'' ( tr, Kaç Para Kaç)
,
,
,
,
, -
, 2004
, ''
Mommy, I'm Scared'' ( tr, Korkuyorum Anne)
,
,
,
,
, -
, 2006
, ''
Ekim'de Hiçbir Kere''
,
,
,
, Short film.
, -
, 2006
, ''
Times and Winds'' ( tr, Beş Vakit)
,
,
,
,
, -
, 2008
, ''
My Only Sunshine
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'' ( tr, Hayat Var)
,
,
,
,
, -
, 2010
, ''
Cosmos
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The cosmos, and understandings of the reasons for its existence and significance, are studied in ...
'' ( tr, Kosmos)
,
,
,
,
, -
, 2013
, ''
Jîn
Jîn (Kurdish for "life") is a 2013 Turkish-German movie directed by Reha Erdem. The movie is about a Kurdish guerilla fighter who deserted her military unit aiming at leaving the conflict region (Eastern Turkey) for the city of Izmir.
Plot
Th ...
''
,
,
,
,
, -
, 2013
, ''
Singing Women
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'' ( tr, Şarkı Söyleyen Kadınlar)
,
,
,
, -
, 2016
, ''
Big Big World''
,
,
,
Awards
*
3rd Yeşilçam Awards
The 3rd Yeşilçam Awards ( tr, 3. Yeşilçam Ödülleri), presented by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK) and Beyoğlu Municipality, honored the best Turkish films of 2009 and took place on March 23, 2010, at the ...
(March 23, 2010) - Best Director Award for ''
Hayat Var'' (Won)
References
External links
1960 births
Film people from Istanbul
Living people
Turkish film directors
Best Screenplay Golden Orange Award winners
Best Director Golden Orange Award winners
Best Screenplay Golden Boll Award winners
Galatasaray High School alumni
Boğaziçi University alumni
Best Director Golden Boll Award winners
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