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