Yılmaz Arslan (born 20 April 1968) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent.
At school he founded the theatre group "Sommer Winter" which was invited to Berlin in 1989 with his play "Ohnmacht des Alltags" for the Theatertreffen der Jugend.
[2] In 1992, at the age of 24, he made his debut film, "Langer Gang", for which he subsequently won many awards.
In his second film, Yara (1999) (Filmclub Award at the 1999 Max Ophüls Festival), he was writer and producer.
Besides his activities of producer, screenwriter and director, he taught cinema at Goethe Institut network in Europe.