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. She studied at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin. She participated as screenwriter on films about Turkish life in Germany. In 2004, she made her directing debut with the short film Delicious. Her first full film was Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland.

Filmography

 * Kısmet (2000)
 * Alles getürkt (2002)
 * Delicious (2004)
 * Sextasy (2004)
 * Türkisch für Anfänger (2006)
 * Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland (2011)
 * Night of Nights (2018)

Awards

 * 2011 German Film Award

Personal life
Şamdereli is the sister of Yasemin Şamdereli.