Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Born 06/04/1978 (45 years old)
Ankara, Ankara, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

Biography

Born in Ankara in 1978, she studied filmmaking at La Fémis in Paris after earning degrees in Literature and African History in Johannesburg. Her graduation film, Bir damla su (A drop of water, 2006), was selected for the Festival de Cannes Cinéfondation, and won an award in the Leopards of Tomorrow section at Locarno. She co-wrote Mustang with Alice Winocour.

El Festival Internacional de Cine de Guanajuato

Director

Movies
2025

The Lifeboat

2017

Kings

2015

Mustang

Series
2023

The Last Thing He Told Me

 

Witness to Your Life (E04)

 

Keep Austin Weird (E03)

2020

Perry Mason

 

Chapter Six (S01E06)

 

Chapter Five (S01E05)

 

Chapter Four (S01E04)

2019

The Handmaid's Tale

 

Sacrifice (S03E12)

 

Liars (S03E11)

2018

The First

 

Collisions (E06)

 

Two Portraits (E05)

Short
2006

A Drop of Water

 

Mon trajet préféré

Screenwriter

Movies
2017

Kings

2015

Mustang

Actress

Guest