Person Details

Birthday: 1929-01-01 22:43:21

Death: 2012-08-04 22:43:21

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Çanakkale, Türkiye

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Movie Involvements: 71

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia Metin Erksan (January 1, 1929 – August 4, 2012), born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, was a Turkish film director and art historian. Metin Erksan gained success with films depicting the problems of people from the countryside he adopted from the literature. Susuz Yaz won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, Germany. Yılanların Öcü (1962) was awarded in 1966 at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. He was named "Best Director" with his film Kuyu (1968) at the first edition of International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Along with renowned film director Halit Refiğ, he was credited as the representative of the national cinema in Turkey. From 1970 on, he directed films aimed for commercial success. In 1974-1975, he filmed five Turkish stories (Hanende Melek by Sabahattin Ali, Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Bir İntihar by Samet Ağaoğlu, Müthiş Bir Tren by Sait Faik Abasıyanık and Sazlık by Hulusi Koray) as short films for television. His 1977 film The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1974 horror movie Şeytan is known as the "Turkish Exorcist" due to the movies' similar plots. He directed 42 films, 2 of which he produced himself; and he wrote the scripts of 29 films. He also starred in the 1998 film Alim Hoca as the title character.

Most Famous Work

Dry Summer
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7

Dry Summer

(1963) Writer
Time to Love
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8

Time to Love

(1965) Writer
Satan
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5

Satan

(1974) Director
The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet
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7
Revenge of the Snakes
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7

Revenge of the Snakes

(1962) Screenplay
Three Friends
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6

Three Friends

(1958) Screenplay
Dağlar Kızı Reyhan
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0

Dağlar Kızı Reyhan

(1969) Director
Yolpalas Cinayeti
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0

Yolpalas Cinayeti

(1956) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2014 Self
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Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1977 Director
1976 Director
1975 Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
1974 Director
1973 Director
1972 Director
Director
1971 Director
Director
Director
1970 Director
Director
1969 Director
Director
Director
1968 Director
1967 Director
1966 Director
1965 Director
1964 Director
Director
1963 Director
1962 Director
Director
Director
Director
1961 Director
Director
1960 Director
1959 Director
Director
1958 Director
1956 Director
Director
1954 Director
1953 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1976 Producer
1965 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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