Ebru Ceylan (née Yapıcı, born 26 January 1976)[2] is a Turkish photographer, actress, screenwriter and art director. She is married to collaborator Nuri Bilge Ceylan.[3][4]

Ebru Ceylan
Born
Ebru Yapıcı[1]

(1976-01-26) 26 January 1976 (age 48)
Ankara, Turkey
Alma materMarmara University
Mimar Sinan University
Occupation(s)Actress
Screenwriter
SpouseNuri Bilge Ceylan

Biography

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Ebru Yapıcı was born in Ankara and studied film and television at Marmara University and Mimar Sinan University.[4] The Ceylans starred together in the 2006 film Climates, which they also co-wrote, beginning a writing collaboration that would include Three Monkeys (2008), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) and the Palme d'Or-winning Winter Sleep (2014).[3]

Nuri Bilge described their writing relationship, which Ebru opted to end after Winter Sleep, saying "Since she is my wife she has the right to say anything. We fight a lot actually, sometimes till the morning, but it's very useful".[3] For Winter Sleep, Ebru received a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.[5]

She resumed her writing collaboration with Nuri Bilge, now with Akin Aksun, for The Wild Pear Tree (2018) and About Dry Grasses (2023).[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Haenni, Sabine; Barrow, Sarah; White, John (2014). The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films. Routledge. p. 560. ISBN 978-1317682615.
  2. ^ "Biography".
  3. ^ a b c Goodfellow, Melanie. "Palme d'Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan: 'Making mistakes is the best teacher". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Biographies". Nbcfilm.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ^ Georg Szalai (8 November 2014). "'Leviathan,' 'Winter Sleep,' 'Nymphomaniac' Among European Film Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  6. ^ Michael Phillips (21 February 2019). "'Wild Pear Tree' review: The one film in Chicago guaranteed to take you away from it all". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın yeni filmi "Kuru Otlar Üstüne" nin çekimleri başladı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 30 March 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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