Yılmaz Güney
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.
Known For
95 titles
Spécial cinéma
Tomorrow is The Last Day
Altın Koza
Room 666
Hope
The Legend of the Ugly King
Law of the Border
Friend
The Poor
Balatlı Arif
Konyakçı
Sezercik Yavrum Benim
We Called Him the Ugly King
Kozanoğlu
Tatlı Bela
The Father
I Live When I Die
Elegy
The Profiteers
The Fallow Deer
Sahtekar
Bride of the Earth
The Hopeless Ones
Kovboy Ali
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