Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made from a far-left perspective and devoted to the plight of working-class people in Turkey.
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Filmography 40
The Road
Room 666
Hope
The Herd
Law of the Border
The Wall
Friend
Bride of the Earth
Elegy
The Father
Sezercik Yavrum Benim
The Legend of the Ugly King
Red River, Black Sheep
The Hungry Wolves
The Enemy
The Hopeless Ones
Anxiety
The Poor
Live Target
Yedi Belalılar
Krallar Kralı
Ten Fearless Men
Balatlı Arif
Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası
İnce Cumali
We Called Him the Ugly King
Horse, Woman and Gun
Kasımpaşalı Recep
Fugitives
Kamalı Zeybek
Kovboy Ali
Mor Defter
Kurbanlık Katil
Zeyno
Bullets Won't Touch Me
Tütün Zamanı
Sahtekar
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
The Profiteers
Kuduz Recep187 credits on file
Television 3
Spécial cinéma
Altın Koza
AynalarAwards 5
In their orbit 1
Connected to Yılmaz 5
Directors from Turkey 1
About this person
Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made from a far-left perspective and devoted to the plight of working-class people in Turkey. Güney won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982 for the film Yol which he co-directed with Şerif Gören. He was at constant odds with the Turkish government over the portrayal of Kurdish culture, people and language.
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