Talal Derki

Directing

Talal Derki

Born
(age 49)
Birthplace
Damascus, Syria
Credits
8 titles

Biography

Talal Derki (Arabic: طلال ديركي ; born 24 July 1977 in Damascus, Syria of Kurdish descent) is a director, producer and screenwriter. Talal Derki studied film directing in Athens at Stavrako High Institute of Cinematographic Art and Television, graduation in 2003. He worked as an assistant director for feature film productions and was a director for different Arab TV programs & TV films between 2009 and 2012. He worked as a freelance cameraman for CNN and Thomson Reuters. Talal Derki’s short films and documentaries received awards at a variety of festivals. His feature documentary RETURN TO HOMS has won the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Grand Jury Prize. In 2014 he was a member of the international Jury at IDFA. Talal Derki lives now in Exile in Berlin, Germany.

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Known For

Acting credits 2

YearTitleRole
2024 Hollywoodgate Film
1951 German Film Award TV Self (1 ep)

Crew credits 7

YearTitleJob
2024 Hollywoodgate Film Producer, Writer
2023 Under the Sky of Damascus Film Director, Producer
2018 People of the Wasteland Film Producer
2017 Of Fathers and Sons Film Director, Co-Producer
2016 Ode To Lesvos Film Director
2014 Homs, chronique d'une révolte Film Director
2013 Return to Homs Film Director, Writer
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