Yılmaz Güney
April 1, 1937 (88 years old) in Adana, Turkey
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
Credits
- 1982 · Room 666 as Self (voice)
- 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 · Fugitives as Osman
- 1971 · Sezercik Yavrum Benim as Çirkin Kral
- 1971 · The Father as Cemal
- 1971 · Pain as Çiçek Ali
- 1971 · Çirkin ve Cesur as
- 1970 · Zeyno as Murat
- 1970 · Private Osman as Piyade Osman
- 1970 · Live Target as Asim Mavzer
- 1970 · Yedi Belalılar as Banos
- 1970 · Son Kızgın Adam as
- 1969 · Belanın Yedi Türlüsü as Zaza Sehmuz
- 1969 · An Ugly Man as Bino
- 1969 · The Hungry Wolves as Serçe Memet
- 1968 · Beyoğlu Canavarı as Kadir
- 1968 · Azrail Benim as Büyük Örfi
- 1968 · Nuri the Flea as Pire Nuri
- 1967 · Büyük Cellatlar as Samil
- 1967 · Bullets Won't Touch Me as Yadigar
- 1967 · Balatlı Arif as Arif
- 1967 · My Name Is Kerim as
- 1967 · Kozanoğlu as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
- 1967 · Kuduz Recep as Kuduz Recep
- 1966 · Silahların Kanunu as Metin Demir
- 1966 · Kovboy Ali as Kovboy Ali
- 1965 · Konyakçı as Konyakçı
- Future · Eşkıya Celladı as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
- 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 as
- 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
- 1975 · The Poor as Abuzer
- 1975 · İnce Memed Vuruldu as
- 1974 · Friend as Azem
- 1971 · The Warning as Doktor
- 1971 · Tomorrow is The Last Day as Kara Çocuk
- 1970 · Hope as Cabbar
- 1970 · Şeytan Kayaları as Ali
- 1969 · Altın Koza as Self - Winner
- 1969 · Bin Defa Ölürüm as Rıfat
- 1969 · Kan Su Gibi Akacak as Ali
- 1968 · Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü as
- 1968 · Bride of the Earth as Seyyit
- 1968 · Aslan Bey as
- 1967 · Banus, the Horse Thief as
- 1967 · Çirkin Kral Affetmez as Yusuf Dağcı
- 1967 · İnce Cumali as Cumali
- 1967 · Red River, Black Sheep as Ali Haydar
- 1967 · Kurbanlık Katil as Mustafa
- 1966 · Law of the Border as Hıdır
- 1966 · The Ugly King as Çirkin Kral
- 1966 · Kibar Haydut as Ali
- 1966 · Eşrefpaşalı as Kudret
- 1966 · Yiğit Yaralı Olur as Yusuf
- 1966 · Horse, Woman and Gun as Yusufcuk
- 1966 · Ve Silahlara Veda as Hikmet
- 1965 · Tehlikeli Adam as
- 1965 · Dağların Oğlu as Ahmet
- 1965 · Gönül Kuşu as
- 1965 · Sokakta Kan Vardı as Turgut
- 1965 · Beyaz Atlı Adam as Beyaz Atlı Adam
- 1965 · Kahreden Kurşun as Metin
- 1965 · Torpido Yılmaz as Yilmaz
- 1965 · Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü as Metin
- 1965 · Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Yılmaz
- 1965 · Krallar Kralı as Murat
- 1965 · Sayılı Kabadayılar as Osman
- 1965 · I Live When I Die as Ahmet
- 1965 · Kasımpaşalı Recep as Recep
- 1964 · Ten Fearless Men as Konyakçı
- 1964 · Prangasız Mahkumlar as Rıfat
- 1964 · Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası as Kemal
- 1963 · Both Were Brave as Ali Duran
- 1958 · This Land's Children as
- Future · Sevgili Muhafızım as Mehmet Silvan
- 1964 · Mor Defter as Suphi
- 1964 · Zımba Gibi Delikanlı as Yılmaz
- 1964 · Kamalı Zeybek as Kamali Zeybek
- Future · Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı as Rıfat
- 1964 · Kara Şahin as Sahin
- 1961 · Tatlı Bela as Erdoğan
- 1960 · Dolandırıcılar Şahı as Benzinci Genç
- 1959 · The Fallow Deer as Halil
- 1959 · Tütün Zamanı as Cemal