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Deniz Gamze Ergüven (born 4 June 1978) is a Turkish-French film director best known for her debut feature film Mustang.
Deniz Gamze Ergüven is a Turkish director, actress and writer known for Mustang, The Handmaid's Tale and Kings. She was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1978 and has won several awards for her films.
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- Director, Actress, Writer
- Ankara, Turkey
- Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Nov 13, 2015 · Next week the film Mustang, directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, opens in American theaters. If you’ve been paying attention to the international festival circuit—and who hasn’t?—you may have ...
- Julia Felsenthal
Jan 15, 2016 · Deniz Gamze Ergüven: Every single scene and situation was anchored in the social reality of Turkey. But I really wanted to differentiate myself as much as I could from a documentary-style drama. I needed all the choices of cinema to carve something which would be close to a fairy tale.
- Ren Jender
May 11, 2016 · The director of Mustang on why women must fight against conservative oppression. D eniz Gamze Ergüven’s debut feature, Mustang, is a powerful critique of sexist Turkish cultural practices. Events are rooted in the director’s formative experiences.
Nov 18, 2015 · Deniz Gamze Ergüven tells the story of what it is to be a girl and a woman in Turkey in France’s foreign-language Oscar submission.
Deniz Gamze Ergüven was a French filmmaker who rose to prominence in 2016 when her feature directorial debut, "Mustang," was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy...
