Yasemin Şamdereli
Yasemin Şamdereli (born 15 July 1973 in Dortmund, West Germany) is a German actress, screenwriter and film director. Her film Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland had its U.S. premiere at the Berlin and Beyond Film Festival in San Francisco on 20 October 2011.
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Yasemin Şamdereli
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- Name
- Yasemin Şamdereli
- Born
- 15 July 1973
- Birthplace
- Dortmund, West Germany
- Nationality
- Germany · Turkey
- Occupation
- actress · screenwriter · film director · writer
- Education
- University of Television and Film Munich
- Known for
- Almanya – Welcome to Germany
- Honours
- German Film Award · Bavarian Film Awards
- Languages
- German · Turkish
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Biography
Biography
Yasemin Şamdereli studied at University of Television and Film Munich. The recorded working language is German and Turkish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Neukölln. Works named in the authority record are Almanya – Welcome to Germany. Distinctions recorded are German Film Award and Bavarian Film Awards.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Yasemin Şamdereli • Born — 15 July 1973 • Birthplace — Dortmund, West Germany
Biography
Biography
Yasemin Şamdereli was born in Dortmund, West Germany on 15 July 1973, to a family of Kurdish Zaza origin. She studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich from 1993 until 2000. From 1994 to 1998, she worked as a freelance collaborator for Bavaria-Film. Until 2002 she worked as a directing assistant to international cinema films, including the Jackie Chan films Jackie Chan is Nobody (1998) and Spy against Will (2001).
Career
Career
In 2002 she directed the TV comedy Alles betürkt!. She was the co-writer of the successful television show, Turkish for Beginners. She also appeared as an actress in the short film Delicious in 2004. She was awarded the German Filmpreis in 2011 for her film, Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland.
Actor
Actor
• Film • Year — Film — Role • 2012 — Cinema 3 — Herself • 2011 — The Fabulous Picture Show — Herself • 2004 — Delicious — Dianne
Director
Director
• Year — Film — Notes • 1996 — Kreuz & quer — Film • 2000 — Kismet — Film • 2002 — Alles getürkt! — TV • 2004 — Sextasy — Film • 2007 — Ich Chef du nix — TV • 2011 — Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland — Film • 2024 — Samia — Film
Identity
Identity
Yasemin Şamdereli is recorded as having received German Film Award and Bavarian Film Awards.
Writer
• Year — Film — Notes • 2006 — Türkisch für Anfänger — 1 episode (Die, in der Axel ständig grün ist) • 2004 — Sextasy • 2002 — Alles getürkt! • 2000 — Kismet
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q90892: Yasemin Şamdereli
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- “Yasemin Şamdereli”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Mehrfach kodierte Identitäten im Film Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland von Yasemin Şamdereli, Interkulturelle Germanistik, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
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