Yılmaz Güney
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Law of the Border
1966
as Hıdır
Silahların Kanunu
1966
as Metin Demir
Prangasız Mahkumlar
1964
as Rıfat
Sezercik Yavrum Benim
1971
as Çirkin Kral
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Fugitives
1971
as Osman
Room 666
1982
as Self (voice)
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
as Yusuf
Live Target
1970
as Asim Mavzer
Azrail Benim
1968
as Büyük Örfi
Hope
1970
as Cabbar
Kovboy Ali
1966
as Kovboy Ali
Dolandırıcılar Şahı
1960
as Benzinci Genç
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
as Turgut
Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü
1965
as Metin
Kuduz Recep
1967
as Kuduz Recep
Red River, Black Sheep
1967
as Ali Haydar
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
1995
Nuri the Flea
1968
as Pire Nuri
The Poor
1975
as Abuzer