Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Yeşim Ustaoğlu (born, 1960, Çaykara, Turkey)

After making several award-winning shorts, Yesim Ustaoglu made her feature film debut in 1994 with The Trace. She received international recognition for her film, Journey to the Sun. In competition at the Berlin IFF in 1999, it received the Blue Angel Award (Best European Film) and the Peace Prize and other prizes at Istanbul IFF. Her third film, Waiting for the Clouds, was awarded NHK Sundance - International Filmmaker's Award.

Filmography

To Catch a Moment (1984, short), Magnafantagna (1989, short), Duet (1990, short), Hotel (1992, short), The Trace (1994), Journey to the Sun (1999), Waiting for the Clouds (2003), Life on Their Shoulders (2004), Pandora’s Box (2008), Araf – Somewhere in-Between (2012).