Yared Zeleke
Yared Zeleke is an Ethiopian film director from Addis Ababa. He has an M.F.A. in Writing and Directing from New York University. His first feature film, Lamb, was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard.
Yared Zeleke
- Name
- Yared Zeleke
- Birthplace
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Occupation
- Film director
- Education
- New York University
- Born
- 1978 · Addis Ababa.
- Nationality
- Ethiopia
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Yared Zeleke is an Ethiopian film director from Addis Ababa. He has an M.F.A. in Writing and Directing from New York University. His first feature film, Lamb, was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard.
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It is the first film from Ethiopia to have been officially selected in the festival's 68-year history.
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• Name — Yared Zeleke • Birthplace — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • Occupation — Film director • Education — New York University
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Yared Zeleke is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as screenwriter and director.
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1978
Yared Zeleke was born on 1 January 1978.
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