Nesrin Şamdereli

Nesrin Şamdereli (born 1979) is a Turkish-German screenwriter and film director of Zaza origin. She was born in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.^[1] She studied at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin.^[2] She participated as screenwriter on films about Turkish life in Germany.^[3] In 2004, she made her directing debut with the short film Delicious.^[4] Her first full film was Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland.^[4]

Nesrin Şamdereli
Born	1979 Dortmund, Germany.
Years active	1996–present

Filmography

• Kısmet (2000)^[2]
• Alles getürkt (2002)^[2]
• Delicious (2004)^[5]
• Sextasy (2004)^[6]
• Türkisch für Anfänger (2006)^[7]
• Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland (2011)^[8]
• Night of Nights (2018)^[9]

Awards

• 2011 German Film Award^[3]

Personal life

Şamdereli is the sister of Yasemin Şamdereli.^[2]