# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erden-k-ral
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:06:58.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erden-k-ral"
name: "Erden Kıral"
slug: "erden-k-ral"
description: "Erden Kıral was a Turkish film director and screenwriter. He directed 12 films from 1978 on. His 1979 film, The Canal, was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival, and his 1983 film, A Season in Hakkari, was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize. Five years later, his film, Hunting Time, was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. He was of Georgian descent through his mother."
tagline: "Turkish film director and screenwriter (1942–2022)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/swYu2MoWoz6Mi1u3lWcB2A755QF.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-04-10"
deathDate: "2022-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.55
  momentum:             4.333262890955199
  historical:           10.50320666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456080/"
    handle:    "nm0456080"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_K%C4%B1ral"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "اردين كيرال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_K%C4%B1ral"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_K%C4%B1ral"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_K%C4%B1ral"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_K%C4%B1ral"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "اردن کیرال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_K%C4%B1ral"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_K%C4%B1ral"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_Kiral"
    title: "Erden Kiral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_K%C4%B1ral"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349104"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145482"
    title: "Erden Kıral"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump