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Derviş Zaim Born 1964
Famagusta, CyprusOccupation Filmmaker/Novelist Years active 1995–present Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964 in Famagusta, Cyprus) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for Elephants and Grass (2000) and Dot (2008); Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Screenplay for Somersault in a Coffin (1996); and the Yunus Nadi literary prize for his debut novel Ares in Wonderland (1995).[1][2]
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Biography
Derviş Zaim was educated at Namik Kemal Lyceé and graduated in Business Administration from Boğaziçi University in 1988. He attended a course in independent film production in London and made experimental video Hang the Camera (1991). He subsequently wrote, produced and directed numerous television programs starting with the documentary Rock around the Mosque (1993). He completed his masters degree in Cultural Studies at the University of Warwick in 1994. His first novel, Ares in Wonderland (1995), won the prestigious Yunus Nadi literary prize in Turkey.
Somersault in a Coffin (1996) was his debut as director and screenwriter, which won awards at film festivals in Antalya, Montpellier, San Francisco, Thessalonika and Torino. He followed it with Elephants and Grass (2000), which won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, and Mud (2003), which won the UNESCO Award at the Venice Film Festival.
He co-directed the documentary Parallel Trips (2004) with Panicos Chrysanthou, in which the two directors, from opposite sides of the divided island of Cyprus, recorded the human dramas that unfolded during the war of 1974 and the legacy that remains today. He later produced the Greek Cypriot director's fictional feature debut Akamas (2006) about a love affair between a Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot.
He made a trilogy of films, themed around traditional Turkish arts, consisting of Waiting for Heaven (2006), which was nominated for the Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival, Dot (2008), which won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, and Shadows and Faces (2010), which won the Turkish Film Critics Association Award at the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.
He also teaches at Bilgi University and Boğaziçi University.
Filmography
Films, Television & Video Year Title Credited as Notes Director Producer Writer 1991 Hang the Camera (Turkish: Kamerayı As) Yes Yes Yes Experimental video. 1993 Rock around the Mosque Yes Yes Yes Television Documentary. 1996 Somersault in a Coffin (Turkish: Tabutta Rövasata) Yes Yes 2000 Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) Yes Yes Yes 2003 Mud (Turkish: Çamur) Yes Yes Yes 2004 Parallel Trips (Turkish: Paralel Yolculuklar) Yes Yes Yes Documentary made with Panicos Chrysanthou. 2006 Waiting for Heaven (Turkish: Cenneti Beklerken) Yes Yes Yes 2006 Akamas Yes Fictional feature debut of director Panicos Chrysanthou. 2007 Dot (Turkish: Nokta) Yes Yes Yes 2010 Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler) Yes Yes Yes References
- ^ "Dervish Zaim". Turkish-Cypriot Online Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/culture/mofa/cinema/dervishzaim/. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
- ^ "Turkish Film Festival". Madison Association of Turkish Students. http://mtsa.rso.wisc.edu/filmfestival05.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
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Awards Preceded by
Aykut Tankuter-Artun YeresGolden Orange Award
for Best Screenplay
1996
for Tabutta RövaşataSucceeded by
Barış PirhasanPreceded by
Nuri Bilge CeylanGolden Orange Award
for Best Director
2000
for Filler ve ÇimenSucceeded by
Zeki DemirkubuzPreceded by
Fatih AkınGolden Orange Award
for Best Director
2008
for NoktaSucceeded by
Reha ErdemCinema of Turkey 
Golden Orange Award for Best Director Atıf Yılmaz (1965) · Memduh Ün (1966) · Yılmaz Duru (1967 · Yılmaz Duru (1968) · Ertem Eğilmez (1970) · Muzaffer Aslan (1971) · Atıf Yılmaz (1972) · Nejat Saydam (1973) · Ömer Lütfi Akad (1974) · Şerif Gören (1975) · Atıf Yılmaz (1976) · Zeki Ökten (1977) · Atıf Yılmaz (1978) · Yavuz Özkan (1979) · Zeki Ökten (1980) · Erden Kıral (1981) · Ömer Kavur (1982) · Zeki Ökten (1983) · Atıf Yılmaz (1984) · Sinan Çetin (1985) · Atıf Yılmaz (1986) · Ömer Kavur (1987) · Ömer Kavur (1988) · Halit Refiğ (1989) · Halit Refiğ (1990) · Yavuz Özkan (1991) · Tunç Okan (1992) · Erden Kıral (1993) · Yavuz Özkan (1994) · Canan Gerede (1995) · Tunç Başaran (1996) · Ferzan Özpetek (1997) · Ömer Kavur (1998) · Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1999) · Derviş Zaim (2000) · Zeki Demirkubuz (2001) · Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2002) · Ömer Kavur (2003) · Uğur Yücel (2004) · Kutluğ Ataman (2005) · Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2006) · Fatih Akın (2007) · Derviş Zaim (2008) · Reha Erdem (2009) · Seren Yüce (2010) · Çiğdem Vitrinel (2011)
Golden Orange Award for Best Screenplay Vedat Türkali (1965) · Erol Keskin-Haldun Dormen (1966) · Erol Günaydın-Erol Keskin (1967) · Türkan Duru (1968) · Türkan Duru (1969) · Sadık Şendil (1970) · Bülent Oran (1971) · Sadık Şendil (1972) · Hamdi Değirmencioğlu (1973) · Sadık Şendil (1974) · Yılmaz Güney (1975) · Umur Bugay (1976) · Vedat Türkali (1977) · Umur Bugay (1978) · Onat Kutlar-Ömer Kavur (1979) · Başar Sabuncu (1980) · Tuncel Kurtiz-Nurettin Sezer (1981) · Yavuz Turgul (1982) · Fehmi Yaşar (1983) · Bilge Olgaç (1984) · Muammer Özer (1985) · Yavuz Turgul (1986) · Yavuz Turgul (1987) · Feride Çiçekoğlu (1989) · Süheyla Acar Kalyoncu (1990) · Orhan Pamuk (1991) · Macit Koper (1992) · Yavuz Turgul (1993) · Nuray Oğuz (1994) · Aykut Tankuter-Artun Yeres (1995) · Derviş Zaim (1996) · Barış Pirhasan (1997) · Turgut Yasalar (1998) · Zeki Demirkubuz (1999) · Fatih Altınöz (2000) · Handan İpekçi (2001) · Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2002) · Ömer Kavur-Macit Koper (2003) · Uğur Yücel (2004) · Nilüfer Güngörmüş-Reha Erdem (2005) · Önder Çakar (2006) · Semih Kaplanoğlu-Orçun Köksal (2007) · Ben Hopkins (2008) · Onur Ünlü (2009) · İlksen Başarır-Mert Fırat (2010) · Emre Kavuk (2011)
Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- Turkish Cypriot people
- Turkish Cypriot film producers
- Best Screenplay Golden Orange Award winners
- Best Director Golden Orange Award winners
- Alumni of the University of Warwick
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