Yüksel Yavuz

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Yüksel Yavuz

Yüksel Yavuz (born February 1, 1964 in Karakoçan , Turkey ) is a German-Turkish auteur filmmaker of Kurdish descent.

Yavuz, who has been in Germany since 1980, studied sociology and economics in Hamburg . With Mein Vater der Gastarbeiter (1994), an autobiographical documentary , Yavuz presented his first cinematic work. This has received several awards, including the ver.di television award . His second feature film Aprilkinder (1998) received a special award at the Baden-Baden Days of Television Play and the audience award at the Max Ophüls Prize film festival in 1999 . Another feature film by the filmmaker followed with Kleine Freiheit (2003). His film Close-Up - Kurdistan (2007), a close-up of his Kurdish homeland, recently premiered in Cologne.

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  1. a b Yüksel Yavuz - Director | NEWA FILM. Retrieved on August 27, 2018 (German).