
Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Directing
Biography
Deniz Gamze Ergüven (born 4 June 1978) is a Turkish-French film director best known for her debut feature film Mustang. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deniz Gamze Ergüven, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
The Handmaid's Tale

Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.
Perry Mason

A woman must forge a relationship with her teenage stepdaughter in order to find her husband, who has mysteriously disappeared.
The Last Thing He Told Me

Follow the first human mission to Mars, exploring the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization. The story focuses not only on the astronauts, but also on their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth.
The First

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
To Each His Own Cinema

A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.
Kings

Seven girls, a mansion perched on a Cycladic rock, a cycle of lessons on discipline, desire and demise-infinitely.
The Capsule

Set in Belle Époque France, the story follows nineteen-year-old "hysteria" patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot's experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of desire.
Augustine

In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
Mustang

This 2015 documentary by Amine Mestari delves deep into Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s film MUSTANG, featuring extensive interviews with the director and cast, as well as exploring the film in the context of the politically volatile situation in Turkey.
Once Upon a Time... MUSTANG
A woman disappears after a tumultuous evening with her father and boyfriend at a family party.