Yılmaz Arslan (born 20 April 1968) is a German

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and

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descent.

Early life and education

Yilmaz Arslan was born on the Mediterranean coast in Kazanll,

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. In 1975, at the age of seven, he came to

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. In 1978 he entered the rehabilitation center for children and adolescents in

Neckargemünd Neckargemünd ( pfl, Neggergmin) is a town in Germany, in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies on the Neckar, 10 km upriver from Heidelberg at the confluence with the river Elsenz. This confluence of the t ...

. At school he founded the theatre group "Sommer Winter" which was invited to Berlin in 1989 with his play "Ohnmacht des Alltags" for the Theatertreffen der Jugend. In 1981 Arslan shot his first feature film "Langer Gang" at the Neckargemünder Reha-Zentrum.

Career

In 1992, at the age of 24, he made his debut film, "Langer Gang", for which he subsequently won many awards. In his second film, Yara (1999) (Filmclub Award at the 1999 Max Ophüls Festival), he was writer and producer. His 2005 film Fratricide (Silver Leopard at the 2005

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

) was co-produced by Tarantula Luxembourg and sold in 26 countries. Besides his activities of producer, screenwriter and director, he taught cinema at

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network in Europe. He is consultant for script-development of the Medien-und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg. In 2016, he founded the production company MaxMa Film GmbH.

Filmography

* 1992 : ''Langer Gang'' * 1999 : ''Yara'' * 2002 : ''Angst isst Seele auf'' (short film) * 2005 : ''Fratricide'' * 2017 : ''Sandstern''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arslan, Yilmaz 1968 births Living people German people of Turkish descent German people of Kurdish descent German film directors