Ebru Ceylan was born on 26 January 1976 in Ankara, Turkey. She is a Turkish photographer, writer and director, known for Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) and The Wild Pear Tree (2018). She studied film and television at Marmara University and Mimar Sinan University. She is married to Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 27, 1976 (50)
- Ankara, Turkey
- Writer and actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Ebru Ceylan's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 0
Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
- Allyas Bahar in Climates (2006)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ebru Ceylan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ebru Ceylan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
About Dry Grasses(2023)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Wild Pear Tree(2018)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Winter Sleep(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Three Monkeys(2008)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Making Climates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Climates(2006)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Distant(2002)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Clouds of May(1999)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
On the Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Small Town(1997)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Otlar Sararırken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Pale Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 1997 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Winter Sleep (2014)
Highest rated
Winter Sleep (2014)
Most popular right now
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Film career
- 2002Screen debut· Distant
- 2006First top-billed film· Climates
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Cannes award in 1998.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Ebru Ceylan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 93rd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 94th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 5 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser4
Reviewers score the dialogue 64/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ebru Ceylan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Ebru Ceylan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ebru Ceylan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nuri Bilge Ceylan shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Nuri Bilge CeylanShared titles: About Dry Grasses (2023), The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006), Distant (2002)See all 7 shared titles with Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writers
- Ercan KesalShared titles: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008), Distant (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Ercan Kesal
- Akin AksuShared titles: About Dry Grasses (2023), The Wild Pear Tree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Akin Aksu
Actors
- Ahmet Rifat SungarShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Three Monkeys (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Ahmet Rifat Sungar
- Tamer LeventShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Tamer Levent
- Fatma CeylanShared titles: Climates (2006), Distant (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Fatma Ceylan
- Feridun KoçShared titles: Climates (2006), Distant (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Feridun Koç
Cinematographers and editors
- Gökhan TiryakiShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Gökhan Tiryaki
- Bora GöksingölShared titles: Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Bora Göksingöl
- Ayhan ErgürselShared titles: Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006), Distant (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Ayhan Ergürsel
Producers
- Zeynep Özbatur AtakanShared titles: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), Three Monkeys (2008), Climates (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
- Alexandre Mallet-GuyShared titles: About Dry Grasses (2023), The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Alexandre Mallet-Guy
- Olivier PèreShared titles: About Dry Grasses (2023), The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Winter Sleep (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Olivier Père
- Anthony MuirShared titles: About Dry Grasses (2023), The Wild Pear Tree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Anthony Muir