Mustafa Presheva

Mustafa Presheva (Turkish: Mustafa Preşeva; born 11 October 1961) is a Turkish film editor and actor of Albanian descent.

Mustafa Presheva
Born(1961-10-11)October 11, 1961
Titova Mitrovica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Occupationfilm editor.
Years active1982-present

Born in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (in present day Kosovo[a]), he studied film in Belgrade and since 1983 has worked mainly as a film editor.

In 1986 he received a Golden Medal for Best Editing at the Belgrade Short Film and Documentary Festival for the short film Dying Woods and in 1989 he was Editor of The Year at the Pula Film Festival for editing the feature The Fall Of Rock And Roll.

During the Yugoslav Wars, in 1992 he moved to Istanbul where he has been working since in Turkish cinema and has received numerous awards in the country. At the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in 1996 he received the Golden Orange Best Editing award for Tabutta Rövaşata, then Filler ve Çimen in 2001 and then Vicdan in 2008. As of 2008 he has won 6 awards and has edited over 25 films aside from making several appearances as an actor or aiding the directors. He has been recognized as one of the most influencing editors in Turkish cinema. It is unofficially said that the term "film editor" was brought to life in Turkey because of this influence.

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    a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.


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