Yılmaz Güney
Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor (1937-1984) · Turkey · On the map · Directors · Died at 47
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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The WallFilm, Director, Writer1982Palme d'OrAward
The RoadFilm, 1982Director, Writer1978
The HerdFilm, Director, Writer1975Golden Orange for Best ScreenplayAward
Certainly One DayFilm, 1975Writer, Producer1974
Spécial cinémaSeries
AnxietyFilm, 1974Director, Writer1972Orhan Kemal Novel PrizeAward1971International Adana Film Festival AwardsAward1970
HopeFilm, Director, Writer1969
Altın KozaSeries
Çifte Tabancalı KabadayıFilm, 1969Rıfat1968
Azrail BenimFilm, Writer1967Golden Orange Award Best actorAward1966
Kovboy AliFilm, Writer1965
Krallar KralıFilm, Writer1961
Yaban GülüFilm, Writer1959
Karacaoğlan'ın Kara SevdasıFilm, Writer1937Born1 April 1937People around Yılmaz
Tuncel Kurtiz Also in The Law of the Border (1966)
Şerif Gören Directed Endişe, Vurguncular and Canlı Hedef
Remzi Jöntürk Directed Mağrur ve Sefil and At Hırsızı Banuş- Yılmaz Atadeniz Directed Law of the Guns (1966)
Lütfi Ömer Akad Directed The Law of the Border (1966)
Atıf Yılmaz Directed The Poor, Ala Geyik and Zeyno
Halil Ergün Yılmaz produced Yol and İzin
Tarık Akan Yılmaz directed Yol (1982)
Tunç Başaran Directed Ten Fearless Men and Konyakçı
Ahmet Danyal Topatan Also in Krallar Kralı and Balatlı Arif
Osman Alyanak Also in Kızılırmak-Karakoyun (1967)
Filiz Akın Yılmaz directed Umutsuzlar (1971)
Erol Taş Also in The Law of the Border and Ala Geyik
Aytaç Arman Yılmaz produced The Enemy (1981)
Zeki Ökten Directed The Enemy (1980)
Şerif Sezer Yılmaz produced Yol (1982)- Bülent Oran Wrote Law of the Guns and Daglarin Oglu
Kâmran Usluer Also in Anxiety, The Poor and The Herd
Marin Karmitz Produced The Wall (1983)
Erdal Özyağcılar Also in Balatlı Arif and The Road
Halit Refiğ Wrote Ala Geyik (1959)- Vedat Türkali Directed Sokakta Kan Vardı (1965)
Aydemir Akbaş Also in Kovboy Ali and Law of the Border- Kâmil Sönmez Yılmaz produced The Enemy (1981)
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Hope 1970
The Road 1982
Room 666 1985
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Filmography 40
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Television 3
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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.
