Director

Selim Yıldız

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 3245366

Known for: Directing

Born: January 2, 1985

Age: 41

Place of birth: Van, Turkey

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2014 - 2023

Years active: 10

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Biography

Selim Yıldız was born in 1985, in Bahcesaray District of Van province. He completed his compulsory education in Bahçesaray. Between 2007-2011 he worked as a construction worker while getting his training in documentary and photography at Free University of Istanbul. His works on Kurdish children and Kurdish press have been shown in multiple festivals and received numerous awards. He organized photography workshops with children affected by the 2011 Van Earthquake, struggling to survive in make-shift tent camps. He shot his first documentary,“ 29″, in 2013. His second movie called „I Remember“ was about the Roboskî Massacre. He received the Johan van der Keuken New Talent Award in Documentarist

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