Mehmet Aslan
Born: 1931-05-01 in Izmir, Turkey
Died: 1987-09-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
Mehmet Aslan (1 May 1931, İzmir - 1 September 1987, Heybeliada ) is a Turkish actor , screenwriter and film director. Having completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Izmir, Aslan studied for a while in the electrical department of Yıldız Technical University, then left the university and started working as an electrical technician. In 1949, he became acquainted with cinema by working as an assistant and actor in the film Captain Tahsin, directed by Orhon Murat Arıburnu and in which he played the leading role. Continuing his career as an actor and assistant director, Aslan wrote his first script, "Ateş Gibi Kadın" (Woman Like Fire), in 1965. He began directing the film Bir Gönül Oyunu (A Heart Game) in the same year. He is known as the director of the Tarkan series of films. On the posters of films directed or written by Mehmet Aslan, his surname is sometimes written as Arslan.
Filmography
1986
- Kara Gözlüm
- Suçlu Kim ... (Director)
- Kader Böyle Yazdı ... (Director)
1985
- Kaçak Şarkıcı ... (Director)
1983
- Çelik Pençe ... (Director)
1979
- Baba Kartal
- Lionman II: The Witchqueen ... (Director)
- Üç Tatlı Bela
1977
- Çakal Avı ... (Director)
- Love, Desire and Weapons ... (Director)
1976
- Aybiçe Kurt Kız ... (Screenplay)
- Tilki Payı ... (Director)
1975
- Yaşar: Neither Alive Nor Dead
- Vur Tatlım
- Aklın Durur ... (Writer)
- Yarın Olmaz Şimdi
- Tolga ... (Writer)
- Kocam Erkek mi? ... (Director)
- Yarınlar Kimin ... (Director)
1974
- Tanrım Beni Baştan Yarat ... (Director)
1973
- Tarkan: The Golden Medallion ... (Director)
- Tarkan and the Armless Hero ... (Screenplay)
- My Dear Brother as Seyis
- Siyah Eldivenli Adam ... (Director)
- Babaların Günahı ... (Director)
1972
- Karaoğlan Geliyor: Cengizhan'ın Hazineleri ... (Director)
- Zagor ... (Writer)
- Thirsty for Love: Sex and Murder ... (Director)
- Ölümle Sevişenler ... (Director)
- Ölüme Köprü ... (Director)
1971
- Tarkan and the Blood of the Vikings ... (Director)
- Sevimli Haydut
- Dudaktan Silaha ... (Writer)
1970
- Tarkan and the Silver Saddle ... (Director)
- Kıskanırım Seni ... (Director)
- Kaderin Ağları ... (Writer)
- A Flood Took Wednesday ... (Director)
1969
- Kanlı Aşk ... (Director)
- Bir Şarkısın Sen ... (Director)
- Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı ... (Director)
1968
- Agora Meyhanesi ... (Director)
- Bozkırlar Şahini Targan ... (Director)
1967
- Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı
- Gül Ağacı ... (Director)
- Yaralı Kuş ... (Director)
- Akbulut Malkoçoğlu ve Karaoğlan'a Karşı ... (Writer)
- Aslan Yürekli Reşat ... (Writer)
- Şeytanın Oğlu ... (Director)
1966
- The Fearless Man ... (Director)
1965
- Serseri Aşık
- Cici Kızlar
- Güneşe Giden Yol
- Üç Kardeşe Bir Gelin ... (Assistant Director)
- Ölümden Beter
- Dağ Çiçeği
- Ateş Gibi Kadın ... (Screenplay)
1964
- Zehir hafiye as Resepsiyoncu Arif
- Varan Biiir
- Muhteşem Serseri
- Sen Vur Ben Kırayım ... (Assistant Director)
1963
- İki Kocalı Kadın
- The Stolen Love
- Hop Dedik
- Temem Bilakis ... (Screenplay)
1962
- Esir Kuş as Musa
- Fatoş'un Bebekleri
1961
- Aşkın Saati Gelince ... (Assistant Director)
- Remember, Darling
- Dikenli Gül