Bilge Ebiri

Bilge Ebiri (/ˈbɪlɡə ɛˈbɪəri/; born 1973) is an English-born American journalist and filmmaker. His first feature film, a comedy thriller entitled New Guy, was released in 2004.

Bilge Ebiri
Born
York, United Kingdom
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University
Occupation(s)Film critic and filmmaker
EmployerVillage Voice

Early life and education

Ebiri studied film at Yale University, where his thesis film, Bad Neighborhood, won the Lamar Prize for Achievement in Film.

Career

After graduation, Ebiri worked as an assistant director for a Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov on The Barber of Siberia.

He both wrote and directed New Guy, his debut feature.[1] Time Out called it "broadly predictable and increasingly one note, but passable sadistic fun."[2] In 2003 he wrote, directed and co-produced the low-budget feature film New Guy. It was released in 2004 and after getting positive reviews in The New York Times and Variety, had a successful theatrical run in New York City. It was released on DVD in 2005 by Vanguard Cinema.

He became the lead critic at the Village Voice in February 2016.[3]

Filmography
  • Bad Neighborhood (1995)
  • Infernal Racket (1996)
  • New Guy (2003)
  • Purse Snatcher (2006)
  • Görünmeyen (2011)

References
  1. Harvey, Dennis (March 18, 2003). "New Guy". Variety. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  2. "New Guy". Time Out. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  3. Adams, Sam (February 25, 2016). "Bilge Ebiri Will Be the Village Voice's New Film Critic". IndieWire. Retrieved December 19, 2018.


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