About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1977-07-24
Place of birth:
Damascus, Syria
Website:
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Talal Derki

Overview

Talal Derki (Arabic: طلال ديركي ; born 24 July 1977 in Damascus, Syria of Kurdish descent) is a director, producer and screenwriter. Talal Derki studied film directing in Athens at Stavrako High Institute of Cinematographic Art and Television, graduation in 2003. He worked as an assistant director for feature film productions and was a director for different Arab TV programs & TV films between 2009 and 2012. He worked as a freelance cameraman for CNN and Thomson Reuters. Talal Derki’s short films and documentaries received awards at a variety of festivals. His feature documentary RETURN TO HOMS has won the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Grand Jury Prize. In 2014 he was a member of the international Jury at IDFA. Talal Derki lives now in Exile in Berlin, Germany.

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Known for

Acting
2024 Hollywoodgate Actor 58
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Directing
2023 Under the Sky of Damascus Directing Director N/A
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2017 Of Fathers and Sons Directing Director 60
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2016 Ode To Lesvos Directing Director N/A
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2014 Homs, chronique d'une révolte Directing Director N/A
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2013 Return to Homs Directing Director 59
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Writing
2024 Hollywoodgate Writing Writer 58
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2013 Return to Homs Writing Writer 59
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Production
2024 Hollywoodgate Production Producer 58
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2023 Under the Sky of Damascus Production Producer N/A
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2018 People of the Wasteland Production Producer 59
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2017 Of Fathers and Sons Production Co-Producer 60
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