Miraz directed several short films, which have been screened at festivals worldwide, such as Montreal, Oberhausen, Istanbul, Munich, Aix-en-Provence, Hamburg, Valladolid, Florence and Berlin. Berivan was awarded Best Short in Nürnberg and Duri won the prestigious IFSAK Award in Istanbul. Berivan was also selected as part of a "New European Realism" touring package which included films by Mike Leigh and Wolfgang Becker.
Miraz was born in 1971 in Ankara, Turkey. After the military coup in 1980, he immigrated with his family to Germany. He graduated in Cultural Studies at the Berlin Humboldt University and started acting in Off Theatre groups. He studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin (DFFB). Miraz currently resides in Berlin.
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