Yılmaz Güney
Directing · Writer · Producer · Screenplay
Born Apr 1, 1937 · Adana, Turkey
Active 1958–1984 · Awards: Palme d'Or, Orhan Kemal Novel Prize, International Adana Film Festival Awards, Golden Orange Award Best actor, Golden Orange for Best Screenplay
Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey.
Filmography
The Road (1982) — Co-Producer · Writer · Editor · DirectorHope (1970) — Cabbar · Writer · Producer · DirectorThe Herd (1978) — Writer · Co-Director · ProducerThe Wall (1983) — Director · WriterGönül Kuşu (1965)Kurbanlık Katil (1967) — MustafaThe Fallow Deer (1959) — Halil · ScreenplayI Live When I Die (1965)Sayılı Kabadayılar (1965) — OsmanPain (1971) — Çiçek Ali · Director · WriterPrangasız Mahkumlar (1964) — Rıfat · WriterHorse, Woman and Gun (1966) — Yusufcuk · Writer · DirectorAzrail Benim (1968) — Büyük Örfi · WriterNuri the Flea (1968) — Pire Nuri · Writer · Producer · DirectorThe Profiteers (1971) — Cesi · Director · Writer · ProducerKocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası (1964) — KemalÇirkin Kral Affetmez (1967) — Yusuf Dağcı · WriterTatlı Bela (1961) — ErdoğanKan Gövdeyi Götürdü (1965) — MetinYılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris (1995)Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı (1969) — RıfatDolandırıcılar Şahı (1960) — Benzinci Genç · Assistant DirectorEşkıya Celladı (1967) — Kerim / Satılmış / DuraliÖldürmek Hakkımdır (1968)