Selman Nacar is a filmmaker with an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University in New York City. He gave lectures on fiction filmmaking at the same university. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law in 2015 and from the Faculty of Film in 2016. He is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents 2019 and the First Films First 2020.
Nacar’s debut Between Two Dawns premiered at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival and has won many awards, including the Best Film Award at the 39th Torino Film Festival. Nacar’s second film premiered at the 80th Venice Film Festival and has received many awards, including the Best Film Award at the 19th Zurich Film Festival. He is the writer and director of the Netflix Original Series Istanbul Encyclopedia, which will be released in 2025.
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