Esen Işık

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Esen Işık (* 1969 in Istanbul , Turkey ) is a Swiss- Turkish director and screenwriter based in Zurich .

Life

Esen Işık was born in Istanbul in 1969. She has lived in Switzerland since 1990. In 1997 she graduated from the Zurich University of Music and Theater (today Zurich University of the Arts ). Her graduation film there was nominated for the Swiss Film Award (short film). Other short films followed, in which Işık both directed and wrote the script.

Her first feature film, Köpek (2015), deals with the issue of traditional societal violence using the example of Turkey. Köpek was nominated in 5 categories for the Swiss Film Prize 2016 and awarded the prizes for the best film and the best actress.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1997: Ölmeye Yatmak - Lie down to die (graduation film ZHdK, director and screenplay)
  • 1999: Babami Hirsizlar Caldi - Stolen Father (short film, director and screenplay)
  • 2001: Journey Without Return (short film, director and screenplay)
  • 2001: A generation between two worlds (short film)
  • 2012: Du & Ich (short film, director and screenplay)
  • 2015: Köpek (feature film, director and screenplay)
  • 2019: Al-Shafaq - When the Heavens Split (feature film, director and screenplay)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://sfv.zhdk.ch/diplomfilme/index.php?show=106
  2. ↑ Project page of the production company. Retrieved October 22, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ http://www.swissfilms.ch/de/film_search/filmdetails/-/id_film/449
  4. ↑ http://www.swissfilms.ch/de/film_search/filmdetails/-/id_film/1673313343
  5. ↑ http://www.swissfilms.ch/de/film_search/filmdetails/-/id_film/2146536857
  6. ^ Archive of the Swiss Film Prize. Retrieved on January 21, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Işık, Esen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isik, Esen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish-Swiss director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul , Turkey