Person Details

Birthday: 1937-04-01 09:10:15

Death: 1984-09-09 09:10:15

Aliases: Yılmaz Pütün , Çirkin Kral

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Adana

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 116

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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. Güney won the Palme d'Or with the film 'Yol' he co-produced with Şerif Gören at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982. He was at constant odds with the Turkish government because of his portrayals of Kurdish culture, people and language in his movies.

Most Famous Work

Yol
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7

Yol

(1982) Writer
The Herd
Average
7

The Herd

(1979) Writer
The Wall
Average
8

The Wall

(1983) Writer
Law of the Border
Average
6

Law of the Border

(1966) Writer
Hope
Average
7

Hope

(1970) Writer
Elegy
Average
7

Elegy

(1972) Writer
Bride of the Earth
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6

Bride of the Earth

(1968) Writer
Anxiety
Average
0

Anxiety

(1974) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 N/A
2018 Self (archive)
2016 Self (archive footage)
1987 himself
Himself
1983 N/A
1982 Self (voice)
1975 N/A
1974 Azem
Abuzer
1972 Bülent Akif
Çobanoğlu
1971 N/A
İlyas
N/A
N/A
Cesi
Osman
N/A
N/A
Cemal
N/A
1970 Murat
Piyade Osman
Cabbar
N/A
Asim Mavzer
N/A
1969 N/A
N/A
N/A
Bino
Serçe Memet
1968 N/A
Seyyit
N/A
N/A
N/A
1967 Yadigar
Samil
N/A
N/A
Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
Mustafa
N/A
N/A
Ali Haydar
Cumali
Kuduz Recep
1966 Hidir
Çirkin Kral
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kovboy Ali
N/A
1965 N/A
Ahmet
Metin
Yilmaz
N/A
N/A
Metin
N/A
Osman
Ahmet
1964 N/A
N/A
Kemal
Suphi
N/A
1963 Ali Duran
1961 Erdoğan
1959 Halil
N/A
1958 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1983 Writer
1982 Writer
1980 Writer
1979 Writer
1976 Writer
1975 Writer
Writer
1974 Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
1972 Writer
1971 Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Writer
1970 Writer
Writer
Screenplay
Screenplay
1969 Writer
Writer
1968 Writer
Writer
Writer
1967 Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
1966 Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
1965 Writer
1964 Writer
1961 Writer
1959 Screenplay
Screenplay
1958 Screenplay
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1982 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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