About

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Place of birth:
Mardin,Türkiye
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Yılmaz Özdil

Overview

Yılmaz Özdil is a film director born in Hakkari (1979). He did his master's degree at the Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University on the geopolitical border treatment in Kurdish cinema. In 2013 he defended his Ph.D. dissertation entitled "The Visual Construction of Kurdish Identities in Cinema" at the University Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle. From 2004 to 2016, he directed several documentary films and also worked as assistant director in several Kurdish films shot in Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan and France. His short film "The Heavy Burden" was screened at more then 100 festivals around the globe and picked up many awards. He is currently working at Mardin Artuklu University as an assistant professor.

Known for

Acting
2014 My Sweet Pepper Land Actor Anwar (The Hanged Man) 60
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Directing
2022 The Banishment Directing Director N/A
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2019 The Heavy Burden Directing Director N/A
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2017 Ugly Ducking Directing Assistant Director N/A
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2014 My Sweet Pepper Land Directing Second Assistant Director 60
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Writing
2019 The Heavy Burden Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2019 The Heavy Burden Production Producer N/A
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Editing
2019 The Heavy Burden Editing Editor N/A
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