Seyhan Derin

Seyhan C. Derin (born July 1, 1969 in Çaycuma , Turkey ) is a German-Turkish filmmaker.

Life

Derin was born in Turkey in 1969, grew up in Germany and lives there.

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The auteur filmmaker, who studied directing at the University of Television and Film Munich , made several award-winning short films, experimental films and feature films that were shown at film festivals. Her first feature- length film Ben Annemin Kiziyim - I am daughter of my mother (1996) was shown at the Berlinale in Panorama and was awarded the Prize of the Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse München at the Munich International Documentary Film Festival. It won other prizes at international film festivals and was the basis for many international doctoral and master's theses.

She also wrote the script for the full-length feature film Between the Stars (2002) with Arzu Bazman and Fatih Alas . This film was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize and broadcast on various public broadcasters.

She has directed numerous daily series such as Butterflies in Your Belly (2006), Good Times, Bad Times (2007), Forbidden Love and Paths to Happiness (2012). In 2010 she filmed the episode distracted from the crime series SOKO Leipzig and in 2014 an episode of the doctor series In allerfreund . In 2018/2019 she was responsible for six episodes of the hospital series Betty's Diagnosis . Seyhan directed the second film in the ZDF series Herzkino.Märchen Schneeweißchen & Rosenrot , a full-length television film, and in 2019 the third film in the series Frau Holles Garten .

Her second documentary film Farewell to Death , shot in 2007–2009 , deals with the question of how we deal with death today.

Before her first publicized experiences as a director Derin was already as a production manager at a more relevant production involved ( Au Pair , 1993). In addition, she was for many years chairwoman of the Turkish Film Festival in Munich, which has been taking place since 1989 .

In 2011 she published the book Die kleine Dolmetscherin as the author .

Nominations (selection)

• 2002: Max Ophüls Prize

Web links

• Seyhan Derin in the Internet Movie Database (English)