Selim Yıldız

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1985-01-02 (39 years old)

Place of Birth Van, Turkey

Selim Yıldız

Biography

Selim Yıldız was born in 1985, in Bahcesaray District of Van province. He completed his compulsory education in Bahçesaray. Between 2007-2011 he worked as a construction worker while getting his training in documentary and photography at Free University of Istanbul. His works on Kurdish children and Kurdish press have been shown in multiple festivals and received numerous awards. He organized photography workshops with children affected by the 2011 Van Earthquake, struggling to survive in make-shift tent camps. He shot his first documentary,“ 29″, in 2013. His second movie called „I Remember“ was about the Roboskî Massacre. He received the Johan van der Keuken New Talent Award in Documentarist

Known For

Director

2023
Monologue

as Director

2019
Dialogue

as Director

2016
Bîra Mi Têtin

as Director

2014
29

as Director

Actor

2019
Dialogue

as Selim Yıldız

2014
29

as Selim Yıldız

Producer

2023
Monologue

as Producer

Camera

2023
Monologue

as Director of Photography

Writer

2023
Monologue

as Writer