BIOGRAPHY

Born in Isparta in 1964, Demirbukuz studied Communications at Istanbul University Faculty of Communications before working as assistant director for various directors until making Block-C (C Blok, 1994), his first feature film. After Block-C, Demirkubuz continued to work as an auteur and independent filmmaker writing his own original screenplays. Film critics and international audiences noticed Demirkubuz with his second film, Innocence (Masumiyet, 1997) which was screened at Venice Film Festival and The Third Page (Üçüncü Sayfa, 1999) which was screened at several festivals in Turkey and Europe, including Locarno and Rotterdam. Demirkubuz started to work on his trilogy called “Tales of Darkness.” The first two parts of the trilogy Fate (Yazgı, 2001) and Confession (Itiraf, 2001) were screened at Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2002. The Waiting Room (Bekleme Odası, 2003) in which Demirkubuz also played the leading role, concluded the trilogy. Destiny (Kader, 2006), the prequel to Innocence, has been followed by Envy (Kıskanmak, 2009), Inside (Yeraltı, 2012), Nausea (Bulantı, 2015). He completed his film Ember (Kor, 2016), which followed his film Life (Hayat, 2023).

His retrospectives have been shown at the Viennnale, Boston Museum of Art, Toronto Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, University of Michigan, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Brussels Cinematheque, and New Horizons Film Festival, Cluj Film Festival among others.

Demirkubuz started to work on his trilogy called “Tales of Darkness.” The first two parts of the trilogy Fate (Yazgı, 2001) and Confession (Itiraf, 2001) were scree- ned at Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2002. The Waiting Room (Bekleme Odası, 2003) in which Demirkubuz also played the leading role, concluded the trilogy. Destiny (Kader, 2006), the prequel to Innocence, has been followed by Envy (Kıskanmak, 2009), Inside (Yeraltı, 2012), Nausea (Bulantı, 2015). He completed his film Ember (Kor, 2016), which followed his film Life (Hayat, 2023).