Nuri Bilge Ceylan (b. 1959, Istanbul) graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, and he studied cinema at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University for two years. His solo exhibitions include On the Road, Dirimart Dolapdere, Istanbul (2025); Inner Landscapes, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (2025); In Another Place, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (2023); Panoramic Eye, CerModern, Ankara (2015); About Looking, Dirimart Nişantaşı, Istanbul (2014); and The World of My Father, Tina Kim Gallery, New York (2014). His group exhibitions include All Else Is Far, Dirimart Dolapdere, Istanbul (2021); Dirimart Presents VIII, Dirimart IstinyePark, İzmir (2021) and Dirimart Presents VII: Still Life, Dirimart, Istanbul (2020). Following his short film titled Cocoon (1995), Small Town (1997) and Clouds of May (1999) were screened at the Berlin Film Festival. With his films Distant (2002), Climates (2006), Three Monkeys (2008), and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), he won the Grand Jury Prize (twice), Best Director, Best Actor, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He received the Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded at the festival, with Winter Sleep in 2014. Nuri Bilge Ceylan lives and works in Istanbul.