Metin Erksan

Regista, Sceneggiatore, Produttore, Montatore

1 gennaio 1929 — 4 agosto 2012 (83 anni)
Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 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.

Famoso per

  • L'estate arida
    L'estate arida1963
  • Time to Love
    Time to Love1965
  • Keloglan ile Cankiz
    Keloglan ile Cankiz1972
  • Revenge of the Snakes
    Revenge of the Snakes1962
  • Seytan - Satana
    Seytan - Satana1974
  • Atesli Çingene
    Atesli Çingene1969
  • Feride
    Feride1971
  • Reyhan
    Reyhan1969
  • I Cannot Live Without You
    I Cannot Live Without You1977
  • Süreyya
    Süreyya1972
  • Sevenler Ölmez
    Sevenler Ölmez1970

Filmografia

1977
1977
Vahsi Sevgili · as Screenplay
1976
Kadin Hamlet · as Screenplay
1975
A Horrible Train · as Screenplay
1975
Hanende Melek · as Screenplay
1975
1975
1975
The Marsh · as Screenplay
1974
1972
Süreyya · as Screenplay
1972
Hicran · as Screenplay
1971
1968
The Well · as Screenplay
1966
Immortal Love · as Screenplay
1965
1964
The Guilty Are Among Us · as Screenplay
1963
1962
Bitter Life · as Screenplay
1962
Revenge of the Snakes · as Screenplay
1960
Beyond the Nights · as Screenplay
1960
1958
Three Friends · as Screenplay
1958
1954
The White Hell · as Screenplay