Yasemin ŞAMDERELI
Yasemin Şamdereli (b. 1973, Dortmund) is a director and screenwriter. Her graduation film at HFF Munich, Kismet (2000), won the Short Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She went on to direct the TV films Alles Getürkt! (2002) and Ich Chef, du nix (2007). Her feature debut, Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland (2011), premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and won two German Film Awards. Her most recent film, Samia, premiered at the Tribeca Festival.