Yüksel Yavuz | |
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Born | 1 February 1964 Karacokan |
Education | University of Hamburg |
Occupation | Film Director |
Yüksel Yavuz (born 1 February 1964 in Karakoçan, Turkey) is a Kurdish film director from Turkey.
Since 1980, he has lived in Germany, where he lived with his father [1] who had found work at the port of Hamburg. [2] [1] From 1986 to 1989 he studied sociology and economics at the University of Hamburg and from 1992 to 1996 visual communications at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. [1]
His first film from 1995 he produced for the German public broadcaster ZDF [2] and is an autobiographical documentary about the experience of his father as a guest worker and his mother, who stayed behind in the village. [1] Since he has directed several documentaries and feature films. [3] His movies often focus on the Kurdish diaspora and the signification of the homeland for the refugees and immigrants. [3] Longing for Istanbul focuses on the several nationalities that have settled in Istanbul while Hope on the human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey. [4]
He has won a number of awards. [5]
His father has acted in two of his movies, the autobiographical documentary My Father, the Guestworker and then also in Children of April. [6] Besides a character in the movie Children of April works in a meat factory similar to one, Yavuz himself was working for a while as well. [6] The documentary Close - Up Kurdistan involves places of his childhood in Karaçokan and an interview with a relative. [6]
Yüksel Yavuz | |
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Born | 1 February 1964 Karacokan |
Education | University of Hamburg |
Occupation | Film Director |
Yüksel Yavuz (born 1 February 1964 in Karakoçan, Turkey) is a Kurdish film director from Turkey.
Since 1980, he has lived in Germany, where he lived with his father [1] who had found work at the port of Hamburg. [2] [1] From 1986 to 1989 he studied sociology and economics at the University of Hamburg and from 1992 to 1996 visual communications at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. [1]
His first film from 1995 he produced for the German public broadcaster ZDF [2] and is an autobiographical documentary about the experience of his father as a guest worker and his mother, who stayed behind in the village. [1] Since he has directed several documentaries and feature films. [3] His movies often focus on the Kurdish diaspora and the signification of the homeland for the refugees and immigrants. [3] Longing for Istanbul focuses on the several nationalities that have settled in Istanbul while Hope on the human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey. [4]
He has won a number of awards. [5]
His father has acted in two of his movies, the autobiographical documentary My Father, the Guestworker and then also in Children of April. [6] Besides a character in the movie Children of April works in a meat factory similar to one, Yavuz himself was working for a while as well. [6] The documentary Close - Up Kurdistan involves places of his childhood in Karaçokan and an interview with a relative. [6]