Zeki Demirkubuz

Zeki Demirkubuz

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Isparta, Turkey
October 1, 1964

Biography

Zeki Demirkubuz (born 25 July 1964) is one of Turkey’s prominent film directors. His retrospectives have been shown at the Viennnale, Boston Museum of Art, Toronto Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, University of Michigan, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Brussels Cinematheque, and New Horizons Film Festival, Cluj Film Festival among others. Fate (2001) and Confession (2001) were screened in the "Un Certain Regard" section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. Following The Waiting Room (2003), in which he also played the lead role, he directed Destiny (2006), which tells the prequel story of Innocence; he subsequently directed the films Envy (2009), Inside (2012), Nausea (2015), and Ember (2016).

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Representative Works

Envy
Envy
5.6
/ Turkish
Nausea
Nausea
5.7
/ Turkish
Clouds of May
Clouds of May
7.0
/ Turkish
Distant
Distant
7.1
/ Turkish
Fate
Fate
7.2
/ Turkish
Life
Life
6.8
/ Turkish
Inside
Inside
6.8
/ Turkish
Innocence
Innocence
7.6
/ Turkish
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room
6.2
/ Turkish
The Third Page
The Third Page
7.0
/ Turkish
Block C
Block C
6.5
/ Turkish
Deniz Kızı
Deniz Kızı
No Rating Yet
/ Turkish

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Envy
2009Nominee

Best Director

Envy

Nausea
2015Nominee

Best Performance

Nausea

Clouds of May
1999Nominee

Best Performance

Clouds of May

Career Highlights

Distant
2002Highlight

Best Performance

Distant

Fate
2001Highlight

Best Director

Fate