Nesrin Şamdereli (born 1979) is a

Turkish-German Turks in Germany, also referred to as German Turks and Turkish Germans ( or ''Deutschtürken''; , also known as ''Gurbetçiler'' or ''Almancılar''), are ethnic Turkish people living in Germany. These terms are also used to refer to German-born ...

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and film director of

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origin. She was born in

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She studied at the

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin The Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB, German Film and Television Academy Berlin) is a film school in Berlin, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Ba ...

. She participated as screenwriter on films about Turkish life in Germany. In 2004, she made her directing debut with the short film ''Delicious''. Her first full film was Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland.

Filmography

* ''Kısmet'' (2000) * ''Alles getürkt'' (2002) * ''Delicious'' (2004) * ''Sextasy'' (2004) * ''Türkisch für Anfänger'' (2006) * '' Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland'' (2011) * ''Night of Nights'' (2018)

Awards

* 2011

German Film Award The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. Besides being ...

Personal life

Şamdereli is the sister of

Yasemin Şamdereli Yasemin Şamdereli (born 15 July 1973 in Dortmund, West Germany) is a German actress, screenwriter and film director. Her film '' Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland'' had its U.S. premiere at the Berlin and Beyond Film Festival in San Francisc ...

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* 1979 births German people of Turkish descent Film people from Dortmund German women film directors Living people {{screen-writer-stub