Yılmaz Güney

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

84

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-04-01

Deathday

1984-09-09 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Adana, Turkey

Also Known As

  • Çirkin Kral
  • Йылмаз Гюней
  • یەڵماز گیونەی

Yılmaz Güney

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.

Known For

Room 666
6.4%

Room 666

Jun 1, 1982

Hope
7.3%

Hope

May 25, 1970

Law of the Border
6.3%

Law of the Border

Oct 4, 1966

Friend
7.0%

Friend

Oct 1, 1974

Bride of the Earth
5.6%

Bride of the Earth

Apr 1, 1968

Elegy
6.3%

Elegy

Jan 1, 1972

Sezercik Yavrum Benim
4.8%

Sezercik Yavrum Benim

Feb 2, 1971

The Father
7.2%

The Father

Jan 2, 1971

Red River, Black Sheep
5.2%

Red River, Black Sheep

Jan 1, 1967

The Hungry Wolves
3.6%

The Hungry Wolves

Jan 1, 1969

The Hopeless Ones
7.1%

The Hopeless Ones

Jun 22, 1971

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Acting

Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı as Rıfat
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)
1995
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
1987
We Called Him the Ugly King as Self (archive footage)
1987
Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films as Self (archive footage)
1983
Autour du mur as Self
1982
Room 666 as Self (voice)
1975
The Poor as Abuzer
1975
İnce Memed Vuruldu
1974
Friend as Azem
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self
1972
Sahtekar as Bülent Akif
1972
Elegy as Çobanoğlu
1971
The Hopeless Ones as Firat
1971
Silah ve Namus as İlyas
1971
The Profiteers as Cesi
1971
Tomorrow is The Last Day as Kara Çocuk
1971
The Warning as Doktor
1971
Fugitives as Osman
1971
Sezercik Yavrum Benim as Çirkin Kral
1971
The Father as Cemal
1971
Pain as Çiçek Ali
1971
Çirkin ve Cesur
1970
Zeyno as Murat
1970
Private Osman as Piyade Osman
1970
Hope as Cabbar
1970
Şeytan Kayaları as Ali
1970
Live Target as Asim Mavzer
1970
Yedi Belalılar as Banos
1970
Son Kızgın Adam
1969
Altın Koza as Self - Winner
1969
Bin Defa Ölürüm as Rıfat
1969
Belanın Yedi Türlüsü as Zaza Sehmuz
1969
Kan Su Gibi Akacak as Ali
1969
An Ugly Man as Bino
1969
The Hungry Wolves as Serçe Memet
1968
Bride of the Earth as Seyyit
1968
Aslan Bey
1968
Beyoğlu Canavarı as Kadir
1968
Azrail Benim as Büyük Örfi
1968
Nuri the Flea as Pire Nuri
1967
Bullets Won't Touch Me as Yadigar
1967
Büyük Cellatlar as Samil
1967
Balatlı Arif as Arif
1967
My Name Is Kerim
1967
Kozanoğlu as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
1967
Red River, Black Sheep as Ali Haydar
1967
İnce Cumali as Cumali
1967
Kurbanlık Katil as Mustafa
1967
Kuduz Recep as Kuduz Recep
1967
Banus, the Horse Thief
1967
Çirkin Kral Affetmez as Yusuf Dağcı
1966
Law of the Border as Hıdır
1966
The Ugly King as Çirkin Kral
1966
Kibar Haydut as Ali
1966
Eşrefpaşalı as Kudret
1966
Horse, Woman and Gun as Yusufcuk
1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur as Yusuf
1966
Silahların Kanunu as Metin Demir
1966
Kovboy Ali as Kovboy Ali
1965
Tehlikeli Adam
1965
Dağların Oğlu as Ahmet
1965
Krallar Kralı as Murat
1965
Torpido Yılmaz as Yilmaz
1965
Kahreden Kurşun as Metin
1965
Gönül Kuşu
1965
I Live When I Die as Ahmet
1965
Sayılı Kabadayılar as Osman
1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı as Turgut
1965
Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü as Metin
1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Yılmaz
1964
Ten Fearless Men as Konyakçi
1964
Mor Defter as Suphi
1964
Prangasız Mahkumlar as Rıfat
1964
Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası as Kemal
1964
Kara Şahin as Sahin
1964
Kamalı Zeybek as Kamali Zeybek
1963
Both Were Brave as Ali Duran
1961
Tatlı Bela as Erdoğan
1959
The Fallow Deer as Halil
1959
Tütün Zamanı as Cemal
1958
This Land's Children

Directing

1983
The Wall as Director
1982
The Road as Director
1979
The Herd as Co-Director
1975
The Poor as Director
1974
Friend as Director
1974
Anxiety as Director
1972
Elegy as Director
1971
The Hopeless Ones as Director
1971
The Profiteers as Director
1971
The Warning as Director
1971
Tomorrow is The Last Day as Director
1971
Fugitives as Director
1971
Pain as Director
1971
The Father as Director
1970
Private Osman as Director
1970
Hope as Director
1970
Live Target as Director
1970
Yedi Belalılar as Director
1969
An Ugly Man as Director
1969
The Hungry Wolves as Director
1968
Bride of the Earth as Director
1968
Nuri the Flea as Director
1967
Bullets Won't Touch Me as Director
1967
My Name Is Kerim as Director
1966
Horse, Woman and Gun as Director
1960
The Death Curtain as Assistant Director

Editing

1982
The Road as Editor

Production

1982
The Road as Co-Producer
1979
The Herd as Producer
1975
The Poor as Producer
1975
Certainly One Day as Producer
1974
Anxiety as Producer
1972
Elegy as Producer
1971
The Warning as Producer
1971
The Profiteers as Producer
1970
Hope as Producer
1969
The Hungry Wolves as Producer
1968
Nuri the Flea as Producer

Writing

1983
The Wall as Writer
1982
The Road as Writer
1980
The Enemy as Writer
1979
The Herd as Writer
1976
Sürgün as Writer
1975
İzin as Writer
1975
The Poor as Screenplay
1975
Certainly One Day as Writer
1974
Friend as Screenplay
1974
Friend as Writer
1974
Anxiety as Writer
1972
Elegy as Writer
1971
The Hopeless Ones as Writer
1971
The Warning as Writer
1971
Tomorrow is The Last Day as Writer
1971
The Profiteers as Writer
1971
Fugitives as Screenplay
1971
The Father as Writer
1971
Pain as Writer
1971
Çirkin ve Cesur as Writer
1970
Private Osman as Writer
1970
Hope as Writer
1970
Live Target as Screenplay
1970
Yedi Belalılar as Screenplay
1969
An Ugly Man as Writer
1969
The Hungry Wolves as Writer
1968
Azrail Benim as Writer
1968
Bride of the Earth as Writer
1968
Nuri the Flea as Writer
1967
Bullets Won't Touch Me as Writer
1967
My Name Is Kerim as Writer
1967
Çirkin Kral Affetmez as Writer
1967
Banus, the Horse Thief as Writer
1966
Law of the Border as Writer
1966
Eşrefpaşalı as Writer
1966
Horse, Woman and Gun as Writer
1966
Kovboy Ali as Writer
1965
Krallar Kralı as Writer
1964
Kamalı Zeybek as Writer
1964
Prangasız Mahkumlar as Writer
1961
Yaban Gülü as Writer
1959
Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası as Screenplay
1959
The Fallow Deer as Screenplay
1958
This Land's Children as Screenplay
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