Yılmaz Güney
Born: 1937-04-01 in Adana, Turkey
Died: 1984-09-09
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
2017
- The Legend of the Ugly King as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause as Self (archive footage)
1996
1987
- Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films as Self (archive footage)
- We Called Him the Ugly King as Self (archive footage)
1983
- The Wall ... (Director)
- Autour du mur as Self
1982
- The Road ... (Co-Producer)
1980
- The Enemy ... (Writer)
1975
- The Poor as Abuzer
- İzin ... (Writer)
- İnce Memed Vuruldu
- Certainly One Day ... (Writer)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Friend as Azem
- Anxiety ... (Writer)
1972
- Sahtekar as Bülent Akif
1971
- Pain as Çiçek Ali
- Sezercik Yavrum Benim as Self (Konuk Oyuncu)
- Fugitives as Osman
- The Warning as Doktor
- The Profiteers as Cesi
- The Father as Cemal
- The Hopeless Ones as Firat
- Tomorrow is The Last Day as Kara Çocuk
- Çirkin ve Cesur
- Silah ve Namus as İlyas
1970
- Hope as Cabbar
- Live Target as Asim Mavzer
- Sevgili Muhafızım as Mehmet Silvan
- Private Osman as Piyade Osman
- Şeytan Kayaları as Ali
- Son Kızgın Adam
- Yedi Belalılar as Banos
- Zeyno as Murat
1969
- Altın Koza as Self - Winner
- The Hungry Wolves as Serçe Memet
- Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı as Rıfat
- An Ugly Man as Bino
- Kan Su Gibi Akacak as Ali
- Belanın Yedi Türlüsü as Zaza Sehmuz
- Güney Ölüm Saçıyor as Güney
- Bin Defa Ölürüm as Rıfat
1968
- Kargacı Halil as Halil
- Aslan Bey as Aslan Bey
- Azrail Benim as Büyük Örfi
- Öldürmek Hakkımdır
- Nuri the Flea as Pire Nuri
- Bride of the Earth as Seyyit
- Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü
- Beyoğlu Canavarı as Kadir
1967
- İnce Cumali as Cumali
- Kurbanlık Katil as Mustafa
- Kuduz Recep as Kuduz Recep
- Balatlı Arif as Arif
- Red River, Black Sheep as Ali Haydar
- Kozanoğlu as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
- Banus, the Horse Thief
- Bullets Won't Touch Me as Yadigar
- Büyük Cellatlar as Samil
- Şeytanın Oğlu
- Eşkıya Celladı as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
- Çirkin Kral Affetmez as Yusuf Dağcı
- My Name Is Kerim
1966
- Law of the Border as Hıdır
- Kovboy Ali as Kovboy Ali
- Silahların Kanunu as Metin Demir
- Kibar Haydut as Ali
- Ve Silahlara Veda as Hikmet
- Yiğit Yaralı Olur as Yusuf
- The Ugly King as Çirkin Kral
- Eşrefpaşalı as Kudret
- Horse, Woman and Gun as Yusufcuk
1965
- Sayılı Kabadayılar as Osman
- Krallar Kralı as Murat
- Tehlikeli Adam
- Dağların Oğlu as Ahmet
- I Live When I Die
- Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Yılmaz
- Beyaz Atlı Adam as Beyaz Atlı Adam
- Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü as Metin
- Konyakçı as Konyakçı
- Sokakta Kan Vardı as Turgut
- Kasımpaşalı Recep as Recep
- Kahreden Kurşun as Metin
- Gönül Kuşu
- Torpido Yılmaz as Yilmaz
1964
- Mor Defter as Suphi
- Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası as Kemal
- Prangasız Mahkumlar as Rıfat
- Kamalı Zeybek as Kamali Zeybek
- Zımba Gibi Delikanlı as Yılmaz
- Ten Fearless Men as Konyakçı
- Kara Şahin as Sahin
1963
- Both Were Brave as Ali Duran
1962
- Ölüme Yalnız Gidilir ... (Scenario Writer)
1961
- Yaban Gülü ... (Writer)
- Tatlı Bela as Erdoğan
1960
- The Death Curtain ... (Assistant Director)
- Dolandırıcılar Şahı as Benzinci Genç
- Suçlu ... (Screenplay)
1959
- Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası ... (Screenplay)
- The Fallow Deer as Halil
- Tütün Zamanı as Cemal