Derviş Zaim
Turkish Cypriot film director and screenwriter · Directors · Born 1964 · age 62
Derviş Zaim 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).
Derviş Zaim is read about 38 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2023
TavuriFilm, Director, Writer2020
FlashdriveFilm, Director, Writer2016
RüyaFilm, Director, Writer2014
FishFilm, Director, Writer2013
CycleFilm, Director, Writer2010
Shadows and FacesFilm, Director, Writer2009
DotFilm, Director, Writer2006
Waiting for HeavenFilm, Director, Writer2004
Parallel TripsFilm, Director
Where's Firuze?Film, 2004Araba Hırsızı (Mahsun)2003
MudFilm, Director, Writer2000
Elephants and GrassFilm, Director, Writer1996
Somersault in a CoffinFilm, Director, Writer1964Born
TavuriFilm, Director, Writer2020FlashdriveFilm, Director, Writer2016RüyaFilm, Director, Writer2014FishFilm, Director, Writer2013CycleFilm, Director, Writer2010Shadows and FacesFilm, Director, Writer2009DotFilm, Director, Writer2006Waiting for HeavenFilm, Director, Writer2004Parallel TripsFilm, DirectorWhere's Firuze?Film, 2004Araba Hırsızı (Mahsun)2003MudFilm, Director, Writer2000Elephants and GrassFilm, Director, Writer1996Somersault in a CoffinFilm, Director, Writer1964BornPeople around Derviş
Close ties
Ezel Akay Derviş directed Elephants and Grass (2001)
Numan Acar Derviş directed Dot and Waiting for Heaven
Haluk Bilginer Derviş directed Elephants and Grass (2001)
Bülent İnal Derviş directed Waiting for Heaven (2006)
Sanem Çelik Derviş directed Elephants and Grass (2001)
Melisa Sözen Derviş directed Waiting for Heaven (2006)
Tuncel Kurtiz Derviş directed Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
Buğra Gülsoy Derviş directed Shadows and Faces (2010)
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan Derviş directed Waiting for Heaven (2006)
Hazar Ergüçlü Derviş directed Shadows and Faces (2010)
Altan Erkekli Derviş directed Waiting for Heaven (2006)
Osman Alkaş Also in Shadows and Faces and Rüya
Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu Also in Waiting for Heaven and Rüya
Filmography 13
37 credits on file
About this person
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1964 · age 62
