Yılmaz Güney

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Yılmaz Güney

Directing April 1, 1937

Adana, Turkey

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…

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Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

9.5 1974 TV Show
The Road

The Road

7.3 1982 Movie
Room 666

Room 666

6.6 1985 Movie
Hope

Hope

7.4 1970 Movie
The Wall

The Wall

7.2 1983 Movie
Law of the Border

Law of the Border

6.2 1966 Movie
The Herd

The Herd

7.5 1978 Movie
Friend

Friend

7.1 1974 Movie
Altın Koza

Altın Koza

1969 TV Show
Bride of the Earth

Bride of the Earth

5.9 1968 Movie
Elegy

Elegy

6.1 1985 Movie
Sezercik Yavrum Benim

Sezercik Yavrum Benim

5.3 1971 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    The Legend of the Ugly King

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2016
    Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2014
    Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 1996
    Aynalar

    TV show

  5. 1995
    Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris

    Movie

  6. 1987
    We Called Him the Ugly King

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 1987
    Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 1985
    Elegy

    Movie Çobanoğlu

  9. 1985
    Room 666

    Movie Self (voice)

  10. 1983
    Autour du mur

    Movie Self

  11. 1983
    The Wall

    Movie Director

  12. 1982
    The Road

    Movie Co-Producer

  13. 1980
    The Enemy

    Movie Writer

  14. 1978
    The Herd

    Movie Writer

  15. 1978
    Düzen

    Movie Story

  16. 1975
    İzin

    Movie Writer

More credits
  1. 1975
    The Poor

    Movie Abuzer

  2. 1975
    Certainly One Day

    Movie Writer

  3. 1975
    İnce Memed Vuruldu

    Movie

  4. 1974
    Friend

    Movie Azem

  5. 1974
    Spécial cinéma

    TV show Self

  6. 1974
    Anxiety

    Movie Writer

  7. 1972
    Sahtekar

    Movie Bülent Akif

  8. 1971
    The Hopeless Ones

    Movie Firat

  9. 1971
    Silah ve Namus

    Movie İlyas

  10. 1971
    The Profiteers

    Movie Cesi

  11. 1971
    The Warning

    Movie Doktor

  12. 1971
    Tomorrow is The Last Day

    Movie Kara Çocuk

  13. 1971
    Fugitives

    Movie Osman

  14. 1971
    Sezercik Yavrum Benim

    Movie Self (Konuk Oyuncu)

  15. 1971
    The Father

    Movie Cemal

  16. 1971
    Pain

    Movie Çiçek Ali

  17. 1971
    Çirkin ve Cesur

    Movie

  18. 1970
    Zeyno

    Movie Murat

  19. 1970
    Private Osman

    Movie Piyade Osman

  20. 1970
    Hope

    Movie Cabbar

  21. 1970
    Şeytan Kayaları

    Movie Ali

  22. 1970
    Live Target

    Movie Asim Mavzer

  23. 1970
    Sevgili Muhafızım

    Movie Mehmet Silvan

  24. 1970
    Yedi Belalılar

    Movie Banos