FILM DIRECTOR

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

1959 - Today

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Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkish: [ˈnuːɾi ˈbilɟe ˈdʒejlan]; born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nuri Bilge Ceylan has received more than 596,070 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Nuri Bilge Ceylan is the 500th most popular film director (down from 478th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 726th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nuri Bilge Ceylans by language

Over the past year Nuri Bilge Ceylan has had the most page views in the with 430,092 views, followed by English (109,031), and French (43,102). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Western Punjabi (1,028.40%), French (247.09%), and Turkish (207.20%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ranks 500 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Thorpe, Pierre Woodman, Abel Ferrara, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Jan Troell, and Hiroshi Inagaki. After him are Ernst Marischka, Gleb Panfilov, Vicente Aranda, Marcel Camus, Henry Koster, and Michael Apted.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ranks 108. Before him are Rebecca De Mornay, Marcia Gay Harden, Matthew Modine, Renny Harlin, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, and Vazgen Sargsyan. After him are Baron Waqa, Anatoly Onoprienko, Andrew Fire, Thomas Ravelli, James Wong, and Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ranks 646 out of 1,347. Before him are John of Ephesus (507), Theodore I Palaiologos (1355), Sibel Can (1970), Manuel III of Trebizond (1364), Timotheus of Miletus (-450), and Alec Issigonis (1906). After him are Theodore Prodromos (1115), Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865), Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676), Aristeas (-600), Aulus Licinius Archias (-121), and Tuba Büyüküstün (1982).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Türkiye

Among film directors born in Türkiye, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ranks 4. Before him are Elia Kazan (1909), Yılmaz Güney (1937), and Henri Verneuil (1920). After him are Ferzan Özpetek (1959), Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967), Semih Kaplanoğlu (1963), Sırrı Süreyya Önder (1962), Yeşim Ustaoğlu (1960), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964), and Deniz Gamze Ergüven (1978).

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Filmography

The Wild Pear Tree
Director
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.
Aug 8o 20187.56 / 10
Winter Sleep
Director
Aydin, a retired actor, owns a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal and his sister Necla, who is coping with her recent divorce. During the winter, snow covers the ground and boredom brings the return of old memories, pushing Aydin to flee…
Jun 13o 20147.621 / 10
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Director
In the rural area around the Anatolian town of Keskin, the local prosecutor, police commissar, and doctor lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's exact location. As the group continues looking, its members can't help but chat among themselves about both trivia and their deepest concerns in an investigation that is proving more trying than any of them expected.
Sep 23o 20117.494 / 10