Buket Alakuş
Buket Alakuş (born July 1, 1971 in Istanbul , Turkey ) is a German - Turkish film director and author. Her parents are Turkish immigrants . She has lived in Hamburg since 1973 or 1974 .
Life
Buket Alakuş graduated from the Berlin School of Fine Arts in 1995 as a communications specialist. In the same year she made her first short film called Martin , followed by a degree in film directing at the Institute for Theater, Music Theater and Film at the University of Hamburg with Hark Bohm , which she completed by 1998. During this time, she made several short films that won awards at various film festivals such as Schlüssel in 1996 , for which she was honored as “Best Female Lead Actress” at the Festival Mondial du Cinéma des Courts Métrages in Belgium . Her first full-length feature film, Anam ("My Mother") from 2001, where she first appeared as a screenwriter and film director, was - like her second work Eine Andere Liga , for whose book and direction Alakuş also won the Adolf Grimme Prize was honored - several awards.
In the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, Buket Alakuş was an ambassador in Germany. The aim of the European Commission's campaign was to inform people in all 27 EU countries about the benefits of diversity and to inspire them to engage in intercultural exchange.
Filmography
- 1995: Martin (short film)
- 1996: Key (short film)
- 1997: Tango (short film)
- 1998: Kismet (unfinished, short film)
- 2001: Anam
- 2004: Ofsayt
- 2005: Another league
- 2006: girlfriends for life
- 2008: Finnish tango
- 2013: Once Hans with hot sauce
- 2015: Die Neue (TV movie)
- 2016: The Hodscha and the Piepenkötter (TV movie)
- 2017: A Bride Seldom Comes Alone (TV Movie)
Awards
Alakuş has won several awards with her films:
- Award for the best screenplay at the Festival Donne in Corto Transeuropeo (1999)
- " Geneva Europe Grand Prize " (2001)
- " Camel Active Independent Award for Genuine Filmmaking " (2001)
- Audience Award " Heinrich " at the Braunschweiger Film Festival (2001)
- " Otto Sprenger Prize " (2002)
- " Young CIVIS media prize " (2003)
- Member of the CIVIS Media Prize Jury (2006)
- Adolf Grimme Prize for script and direction of Eine Andere Liga (2008)
- Audience Award at the Festival of German Films for Finnish Tango (2008)
Web links
- Buket Alakus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Buket Alakuş at filmportal.de
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu (accessed September 26, 2008)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alakuş, Buket |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish-German film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul , Turkey |