Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan born 26 January 1959 Istanbul is a Turkish director screenwriter photographer and actor His film Winter Sleep 2014 won the Palme dOr at the 67th Cannes Film Festival while five of his films have been selected as Turkeys submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film He is married to filmmaker photographer and actress Ebru Ceylan with whom he costarred in Climates 2006 Ceylans films deal with the estrangement of the individual existentialism the monotony of human lives and the details of everyday life He uses static shots and long takes usually in natural settings as well as play with sound including the use of menacing silences He is known for filming his protagonist from behind which in his view leaves the audiences to speculate on the brooding emotions of characters whose faces are obscured Until Climates Ceylans films are made on low budgets with casts generally consisting of amateur actors most of whom are family members