YeÅŸim UstaoÄŸlu (born 18 November 1960) is a Turkish filmmaker and screenwriter.
Life and career
UstaoÄŸlu was born in
Kars
Kars ( or ; ; ) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District.[Ä ...]
,
Sarıkamış
Sarıkamış or Sarikamish (, ) is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sarıkamış District.[Trabzon
Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...]
on the Black Sea.
After studying architecture at
Karadeniz Technical University
Karadeniz Technical University ( or KTÜ) is a public research university located in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in the country. As a public institution, it operates under ...
she moved to
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
, attended master's programme in
Yıldız Technical University
Yıldız Technical University ( Turkish: ''Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi'', often simply referred to as YTU or Yıldız) is a prominent public technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences, as well as social sciences recentl ...
,
she worked as an architect, then as a journalist and a film critic.
Before she made her feature film debut ''
The Trace'' (''Ä°z'') in 1994, she had made several award-winning short films. ''The Trace'' was entered into the
19th Moscow International Film Festival
The 19th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 July 1995. The Golden St. George was not awarded.
Jury
* Richard Gere (United States – President of the Jury)
* Friedrich Gorenstein (Germany)
* Aurelio De Laurentiis (Italy) ...
.
UstaoÄŸlu received international recognition for her next film, ''
Journey to the Sun'' (''Güneşe Yolculuk''), which told a story of a friendship between a Turk and a Kurd.
Her fourth film ''
Pandora's Box
Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem ''Works and Days''. Hesiod related that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing curses ...
'' (''Pandora'nın Kutusu'') won The Best Film and The Best Actress award in
San Sebastian Film Festival and is UstaoÄŸlu's biggest international success to date.
Filmography
References
External links
Official website*
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1960 births
Living people
People from Çaykara
Turkish women film directors
Turkish female screenwriters
Turkish architects