Derviş Zaim

Derviş Zaim
Born
Derviş Zaimağaoğlu

1964 (age 6061)
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, novelist
Years active1990–present

Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for Elephants and Grass (2000) and Dot (2008); Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Screenplay for Somersault in a Coffin (1996); and the Yunus Nadi literary prize for his debut novel Ares in Wonderland (1995).