Talal Derki

Talal Derki was born on Jul 24, 1977 in Syria. Talal Derki's big-screen debut came with Of Fathers and Sons directed by Talal Derki in 2017. Talal Derki is known for Of Fathers and Sons directed by Talal Derki, Tia Alkerdi stars as and Yara Ibrahim as . Talal Derki has got 31 awards and 24 nominations so far. The most recent award Talal Derki achieved is Black Movie Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Talal Derki plays is Of Fathers and Sons which will be released on Nov 16, 2018.

Talal Derki 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 Berlin, Germany.