Özgür Yıldırım (born 12 September 1979, Dulsberg, West Germany)
is a German-Turkish film director.Yıldırım was born into a family
of Turkish Gastarbeiter (guest workers.) At the age of 11, he began to
write stories and, at the age of 14, published his first book: the
horror novel Graue Nächte (1993).After graduating from gymnasium,
Yıldırım studied at the Hamburg Media School.His first short films
led Fatih Akın to call him "the most talented German young director"
especially due to his 2004 short film Alım Market.
is a German-Turkish film director.Yıldırım was born into a family
of Turkish Gastarbeiter (guest workers.) At the age of 11, he began to
write stories and, at the age of 14, published his first book: the
horror novel Graue Nächte (1993).After graduating from gymnasium,
Yıldırım studied at the Hamburg Media School.His first short films
led Fatih Akın to call him "the most talented German young director"
especially due to his 2004 short film Alım Market.
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