Martin Turk

Martin Turk

director, writer, second unit director or assistant director

Martin Turk was born on Jul 07, 1978 in Italy. Martin Turk's big-screen debut came with No Man's Land directed by Danis Tanovic in 2001. Martin Turk is known for No Man's Land directed by Danis Tanovic, Branko Djuric stars as Ciki and Rene Bitorajac as Nino. Martin Turk has got 12 awards and 28 nominations so far. The most recent award Martin Turk achieved is Slovene Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Martin Turk plays is Good Day's Work which will be released on Aug 14, 2018.

Born in Trieste (Italy) in 1978. He is a member of the Slovenian ethnic minority that lives in Italy. Enrolled the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Lubiana (AGRFT) in Slovenia in 1998 and graduated in 2004. In 2000 he made his first film, the documentary short film Twice A Week.Worked as assistant director on several full-length feature films, including Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land (2nd AD), Ljubljana, the Beloved by Matjaz Klopcic and Installation of Love by Maja Weiss (both 1st AD).His diploma work, short film Izlet (The Excursion), won several international awards (Montpellier, Bologna, Wiesbaden). His professional debut film Rezina zivljenja (A Slice of Life) was presented at several international film festivals (Edinburgh, Angers, Huesca, Valencia, Bristol, Montpellier...) and won the prize for the best Slovenian short film at the festival of Slovenian film 2006.His short film Vsakdan ni vsak dan (Every Day Is Not The Same) was selected for the Quinzaine des Realizateurs in Cannes and was screened on more than 20 international film festivals.In 2009 was selected for the 18th session of the Cannes's Cinefondation Residence with his feature project Feed Me With Your Words.

  • Birthday

    Jul 07, 1978
  • Place of Birth

    Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Known For

Awards

12 wins & 28 nominations

Slovene Film Festival
2020
Best Feature Film - Fiction
Winner - Vesna
Ne pozabi dihati (2019)
2019
Special Achievement Award
Winner - Vesna
2009
Soba 408 (2009)
Winner - Slovene Film Critics Association Award
Soba 408 (2009)
2006
Best Short Film
Winner - Vesna
Rezina zivljenja (2006)
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
2017
Children's and Youth Film Competition
Winner - Promotional Award
Dobro unovceno popoldne (2016)
2017
5-12 Years of Age Program
Winner - Promotional Award
Dobro unovceno popoldne (2016)
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