Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1 October 1964 in Isparta,

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, producer and

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Biography

Demirkubuz dropped out of high school and started working in a textile workshop. He then worked as a street vendor for some time. After the 1980 coup d'état, he was imprisoned without trial for three years at the age of 17 for alleged communist activities and was tortured. At the time, he was studying Communications Engineering at

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. Following his graduation, he became involved with movie making. After working as an assistant director, he established his own production company called "Mavi Film". Uncompromising and fiercely independent, Demirkubuz controls almost every aspect of his films, making few concessions to prevailing trends. He started in the movie business as the assistant of director Zeki Ökten in 1986 and made his first film, "''C Blok''" in 1994. He was able to manage his projects with very low budgets due to the experience he gained while working as an assistant. Some of his films are "'' Masumiyet''" (1997), which was shown at

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and "''Üçüncü Sayfa''" (1999), also shown at many international film festivals like Locarno and Rotterdam. The films "''Yazgı''" (2001) and "''İtiraf''" (2001) included in his "''Mental Minefields: The Dark Tales''" trilogy ritten by Zeki Demirkubuzwere shown at

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

's "Uncompetitive section". He made "''Bekleme Odası''" in 2003. Demirkubuz refers to

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in his cinematographic mentality. His scenarios grow on the ethical dilemmas of the human condition. He usually uses basic concepts such as love, passion, self-sacrifice, and the absurdity of life and death. Zeki Demirkubuz's " Kader" won "The Best Film" prize at 2006

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ( tr, Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most impor ...

Filmography

* 1994 ''C Blok'' ("''Block C''") * 1997 '' Masumiyet'' ("''Innocence''") * 1999 '' Üçüncü Sayfa'' ("''The Third Page''") * 2001 '' Yazgı'' ("''Fate''") * 2001 '' İtiraf'' ("''The Confession''") * 2003 ''Bekleme Odası'' ("''The Waiting Room''") * 2006 '' Kader'' ("''Destiny''") * 2009 ''Kıskanmak'' ("''Envy''") * 2012 ''

Yeraltı ''Inside'' ( tr, Yeraltı) is a 2012 Turkish drama film directed by Zeki Demirkubuz. It is inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1864 novella ''Notes from Underground''. Cast * Engin Günaydın as Muharrem * Serhat Tutumluer as Cevat * Nihal Yalçın ...

'' ("''Inside''") * 2015 ''Bulantı'' ("''Nausea''") * 2016 '' Kor'' ("''Ember''")

References

External links

Official Site
* 1964 births Living people Best Director Golden Boll Award winners Best Director Golden Orange Award winners Best Screenplay Golden Orange Award winners People from Isparta Turkish film directors Turkish film editors Turkish film producers Turkish prisoners and detainees Turkish male screenwriters {{Turkey-film-director-stub