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Yilmaz Güney (1937–1984)

Actor | Writer | Director

Güney and his work were almost entirely unknown outside of his homeland Turkey until his 1981 escape from imprisonment in Turkey and his "discovery" the following year at the Cannes Film Festival for his autobiographical screenplay for Yol, the festival's grand prize winner. Born in 1937 in a village near the southern city of Adana... See full bio »

Born:

Yilmaz Pütün
in near to Adana, south Anatolien, Turkey

Died:

(age 47) in Paris, France
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1975 Friend
Azem
 
1975 The Poor
Abuzer
 
1974 Endise
Worker sitting front of the truck (uncredited)
 
1972 Agit
Cobanoglu
 
1972 Sahtekar
Bülent Akif
 
1971 Aci
Cicek Ali
 
1971 Baba
Cemal
 
1971 Çirkin ve cesur
 
1971 Ibret
 
1971 Kaçaklar
 
1971 Namus ve silah
Ilyas
 
1971 Umutsuzlar
Firat
 
1971 Vurguncular
Cesi
 
1971 Yarin son gundur
Mavi cocuk
 
1970 Live Target
Asim Mavzer
 
1970 Çifte yürekli
Ali
 
1970 Imzam kanla yazilir
 
1970 The Last Drop of My Blood
 
1970 Onu allah affetsin
Osman
 
1970 Private Osman
Osman
 
1970 Sevgili muhafizim
 
1970 Seytan kayalari
Ali
 
1970 The Last Angry Man
 
1970 Hope
Cabbar
 
1970 Yedi belalilar
 
1970 Zeyno
Murat
 
1969 Aç kurtlar
Serçe Memet
 
1969 Belanin yedi türlüsü
Zaza Sehmuz
 
1969 Bin defa ölürüm
Rifat
 
1969 Bir çirkin adam
Bino
 
1969 Çifte tabancali kabadayi
Rifat
 
1969 Güney ölüm saçiyor
Güney
 
1969 Blood Will Flow
Ali
 
1969 Kursunlarin kanunu
 
1968 Aslan Bey
Aslan
 
1968 Azrail benim
Büyük Örfi
 
1968 Beyoglu canavari
Kadir
 
1968 Can pazari
Ilyas
 
1968 Kardesim benim
 
1968 Kargaci Halil
Halil
 
1968 Marmara Hasan
Marmara Hasan
 
1968 Öldürmek hakkimdir
Nazif
 
1968 Nuri the Flea
Pire Nuri
 
1968 Seyyit Han
Seyyit
 
1967 Banus, the Horse Thief
 
1967 Balatli Arif
Arif
 
1967 Bana kursun islemez
 
1967 My Name Is Kerim
Kerim
 
1967 Büyük cellatlar
Samil
 
1967 The Ugly King Doesn't Forgive
 
1967 Eskiya celladi
 
1967 Ince Cumali
Cumali
 
1967 Red River, Black Sheep
Ali Haydar
 
1967 Kozanoglu
Kozanoglu Hüseyin
 
1967 Kuduz Recep
Recep
 
1967 The Murderer Is the Victim
Mustafa
 
1967 Seytanin oglu
Kazým
 
1966 Anasi yigit dogurmus
Kerimo
 
1966 Arslanlarin dönüsü
Gökcen
 
1966 Horse, Woman and Gun
Yusufcuk
 
1966 Bomba Kemal
Kemal
 
1966 The Ugly King
Çirkin Kral
 
1966 Esrefpasali
Kudret
 
1966 The Law of the Border
Hidir
 
1966 Kibar haydut
 
1966 Kovboy Ali
Ali
 
1966 Law of the Guns
Metin Demir
 
1966 Tilki Selim
Tilki Selim
 
1966 Ve silahlara veda
 
1966 Yedi dagin aslani
Gökcen
 
1966 Yigit yarali olur
Yusuf
 
1965 I Live as Long as I Die
Ahmet
 
1965 The Man with White Horse
 
1965 Son of the Mountains
Ahmet
 
1965 Davudo
Davudo
 
1965 Gönül kusu
 
1965 Haracima dokunma
Osman
 
1965 Kahreden kursun
Metin
 
1965 Kan gövdeyi götürdü
Metin
 
1965 The Bloody Wheat
 
1965 Kasimpasali
Recep
 
1965 Kasimpasali Recep
Recep
 
1965 Konyakçi
Konyakçi
 
1965 The Fearless Ones
 
1965 King of the Kings
Murat
 
1965 Sayili kabadayilar
Osman
 
1965 Silaha yeminliydim
 
1965 The Street Was Bloody
 
1965 The Dangerous Man
 
1965 Torpido Yilmaz
Yilmaz
 
1965 Üçünüzü de mihlarim
Yilmaz
 
1965 The Wounded Eagle
 
1964 Halime'den mektup var
 
1964 Her gün ölmektense
Bekir
 
1964 Kamali Zeybek
Kamali Zeybek
 
1964 Kara Sahin
Sahin
 
1964 Kocaoglan
Kemal
 
1964 Koçero
Koçero
 
1964 The Purple Notebook
Suphi
 
1964 Ten Fearless Men
Konyakçi
 
1964 The Convicts Without Fetters
 
1964 Zimba gibi delikanli
 
1963 Both Were Brave
Ali Duran
 
1961 King of the Swindlers
 
1961 The Sweet Calamity
 
1959 The Tobacco Season
Cemal
 
1958 The Fallow Deer
Halil
 
1958 This Land's Children
 
Show ShowWriter (61 titles)
1983 The Wall (writer)
 
1982 Yol
 
1980 The Enemy
 
1979 The Herd (writer)
 
1978 Düzen (story - uncredited)
 
1976 Sürgün (screenplay "Ikisi de Cesurdu")
 
1975 Friend
 
1975 Certainly One Day
 
1975 Permission
 
1975 The Poor
 
1974 Endise
 
1972 Agit
 
1971 Aci
 
1971 Baba
 
1971 Çirkin ve cesur
 
1971 Ibret
 
1971 Kaçaklar
 
1971 Umutsuzlar
 
1971 Vurguncular
 
1970 Live Target
 
1970 Imzam kanla yazilir
 
1970 Private Osman
 
1970 Sevgili muhafizim
 
1970 Seytan kayalari
 
1970 Hope
 
1970 Yedi belalilar
 
1969 Aç kurtlar (writer)
 
1969 Belanin yedi türlüsü (writer)
 
1969 Bin defa ölürüm (writer)
 
1969 Bir çirkin adam (writer)
 
1968 Azrail benim (writer)
 
1968 Kardesim benim (writer)
 
1968 Kargaci Halil (writer)
 
1968 Nuri the Flea (writer)
 
1968 Seyyit Han (writer)
 
1967 Banus, the Horse Thief
 
1967 Bana kursun islemez
 
1967 My Name Is Kerim
 
1967 The Ugly King Doesn't Forgive
 
1967 Seytanin oglu
 
1966 Arslanlarin dönüsü
 
1966 Horse, Woman and Gun
 
1966 The Vetch Field
 
1966 Esrefpasali
 
1966 The Law of the Border
 
1966 Tilki Selim
 
1966 Yedi dagin aslani
 
1965 Kasimpasali
 
1965 Kasimpasali Recep
 
1965 Konyakçi
 
1965 King of the Kings
 
1964 Her gün ölmektense
 
1964 Kamali Zeybek
 
1964 Koçero
 
1964 The Convicts Without Fetters
 
1963 Both Were Brave (writer)
 
1962 Ölüme yalniz gidilir (screenplay)
 
1962 The Wild Rose
 
1959 Karacaoglan'in kara sevdasi (writer)
 
1958 The Fallow Deer (writer)
 
1958 This Land's Children (writer)
 
Show ShowDirector (24 titles)
1983 The Wall
 
1982 Yol (by proxy Serif Gören)
 
1980 The Enemy (by proxy Zeki Ökten)
 
1975 Friend
 
1975 The Poor
 
1974 Endise
 
1972 Agit
 
1971 Aci
 
1971 Baba
 
1971 Ibret
 
1971 Kaçaklar
 
1971 Umutsuzlar
 
1971 Vurguncular
 
1971 Yarin son gundur
 
1970 Live Target
 
1970 Private Osman
 
1970 Hope
 
1969 Aç kurtlar
 
1969 Bir çirkin adam
 
1968 Nuri the Flea
 
1968 Seyyit Han
 
1967 Bana kursun islemez
 
1967 My Name Is Kerim
 
1966 Horse, Woman and Gun
 
Show ShowProducer (16 titles)
1982 Yol (co-producer)
 
1980 The Enemy (producer)
 
1979 The Herd (producer)
 
1975 Friend (producer)
 
1975 Certainly One Day (producer)
 
1975 Permission (producer)
 
1975 The Poor (producer)
 
1974 Endise (producer)
 
1972 Agit (producer)
 
1971 Ibret (producer)
 
1971 Vurguncular (producer)
 
1970 Hope (producer)
 
1969 Aç kurtlar (producer)
 
1969 Bir çirkin adam (producer)
 
1968 Nuri the Flea (producer)
 
1968 Seyyit Han (producer)
 
1961 King of the Swindlers (assistant director)
 
1961 The Red Vase (assistant director)
 
1961 If I Lose You... (assistant director)
 
1960 The Death Curtain (assistant director)
 
1959 Karacaoglan'in kara sevdasi (second assistant director)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1982 Yol
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1983 Autour du mur (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Room 666 (TV documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
1995 Yilmaz Güney: Adana-Paris (video documentary)
Himself
 
1987 On l'appelait... le roi laid (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "They Died With Their Heads Bowed"

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Yilmaz Guney | Yilmaz Pütün
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Has two daughters and one son. See more »

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