Yılmaz Güney
Escritor, Director, Productor, Actor, Editor
1 de abril de 1937 — 9 de septiembre de 1984 (47 años)
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.
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
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | The Poor · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | Friend · as Screenplay |
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| 1971 | |
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| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Kaçaklar · as Screenplay |
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| 1970 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Canli Hedef · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | Yedi Belalilar · as Screenplay |
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| 1964 | |
| 1959 | Karacaoglan'in Kara Sevdasi · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | The Fallow Deer · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | This Land's Children · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | |
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| 1971 | |
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| 1966 |
| 1982 | Yol · as Co-Producer |
| 1980 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1975 | |
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| 1974 | |
| 1971 | |
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| 1968 |
| 1995 | |
| 1975 | The Poor · as Abuzer |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | Friend · as Azem |
| 1974 | Anxiety · as Pamuk Isçisi |
| 1972 | Sahtekar · as Bülent Akif |
| 1971 | Agit · as Çobanoğlu |
| 1971 | The Father · as Cemal |
| 1971 | The Hopeless Ones · as Firat |
| 1971 | Silah ve Namus · as İlyas |
| 1971 | Yarin Son Gündür · as Kara Çocuk |
| 1971 | Ibret · as Doktor |
| 1971 | Vurguncular · as Cesi |
| 1971 | Kaçaklar · as Osman |
| 1971 | Sezercik: Yavrum Benim · as Çirkin Kral |
| 1971 | Pain · as Çiçek Ali |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Zeyno · as Murat |
| 1970 | Private Osman · as Piyade Osman |
| 1970 | Hope · as Cabbar |
| 1970 | Seytan Kayalari · as Ali |
| 1970 | Canli Hedef · as Asim Mavzer |
| 1970 | Yedi Belalilar · as Banos |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Sevgili Muhafizim · as Mehmet Silvan |
| 1970 | Onu Allah Affetsin · as Osman |
| 1970 | Imzam Kanla Yazilir · as Cast |
| 1970 | Çifte Yürekli · as Ali |
| 1969 | Belanin Yedi Türlüsü · as Zaza Sehmuz |
| 1969 | Bin Defa Ölürüm · as Rıfat |
| 1969 | Blood Will Flow · as Ali |
| 1969 | Bir Çirkin Adam · as Bino |
| 1969 | Aç Kurtlar · as Serçe Memet |
| 1969 | Çifte Tabancali Kabadayi · as Rıfat |
| 1968 | Seyyit Han: Bride of the Earth · as Seyyit |
| 1968 | Nuri the Flea · as Pire Nuri |
| 1968 | Azrail benim · as Büyük Örfi |
| 1968 | Kargaci Halil · as Cast |
| 1968 | Aslan Bey · as Aslan |
| 1967 | Bana Kursun Islemez · as Yadigar |
| 1967 | Balatli Arif · as Arif |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Kozanoglu · as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin |
| 1967 | Red River, Black Sheep · as Ali Haydar |
| 1967 | Ince Cumali · as Cumali |
| 1967 | Kuduz Recep · as Kuduz Recep |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | The Ugly King Doesn't Forgive · as Yusuf Dağcı |
| 1967 | Law of the Border · as Hıdır |
| 1966 | The Ugly King · as Çirkin Kral |
| 1966 | Esrefpasali · as Kudret |
| 1966 | Horse, Woman and Gun · as Yusufcuk |
| 1966 | Yigit yarali olur · as Yusuf |
| 1966 | Kovboy Ali · as Kovboy Ali |
| 1966 | Law of the Guns · as Metin Demir |
| 1965 | I'm Not Worthy of You · as Cast |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Kasimpasali Recep · as Recep |
| 1965 | The Street Was Bloody · as Turgut |
| 1965 | Üçünüzü de mihlarim · as Yılmaz |
| 1964 | Ten Fearless Men · as Konyakçı |
| 1964 | The Convicts Without Fetters · as Rıfat |
| 1959 | The Fallow Deer · as Halil |
| 1959 | The Tobacco Season · as Cemal |
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| 1958 | The Golden Cage · as Ahmet Hakan |
| 1982 |
| 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes · as Self |
| 2017 | The Legend of the Ugly King · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Room 666 · as Self (voice) |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas · as Self |