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
- 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 · Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · We Called Him the Ugly King 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 as
- 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 · Pain as Çiçek Ali
- 1971 · The Father as Cemal
- 1971 · Çirkin ve Cesur as
- 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 · Sevgili Muhafızım as Mehmet Silvan
- 1970 · Son Kızgın Adam as
- 1970 · Yedi Belalılar as Banos
- 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
- 1969 · Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı as Rıfat
- 1968 · Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü as
- 1968 · Azrail Benim as Büyük Örfi
- 1968 · Nuri the Flea as Pire Nuri
- 1968 · Beyoğlu Canavarı as Kadir
- 1968 · Bride of the Earth as Seyyit
- 1968 · Aslan Bey as
- 1968 · Öldürmek Hakkımdır as
- 1967 · Bullets Won't Touch Me as Yadigar
- 1967 · Büyük Cellatlar as Samil
- 1967 · Balatlı Arif as Arif
- 1967 · My Name Is Kerim as
- 1967 · Kozanoğlu as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
- 1967 · İnce Cumali as Cumali
- 1967 · Kuduz Recep as Kuduz Recep
- 1967 · Red River, Black Sheep as Ali Haydar
- 1967 · Kurbanlık Katil as Mustafa
- 1967 · Banus, the Horse Thief as
- 1967 · Çirkin Kral Affetmez as Yusuf Dağcı
- 1967 · Eşkıya Celladı as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
- 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 · Kovboy Ali as Kovboy Ali
- 1966 · Silahların Kanunu as Metin Demir
- 1966 · Ve Silahlara Veda as Hikmet
- 1965 · Tehlikeli Adam as
- 1965 · Dağların Oğlu as Ahmet
- 1965 · Krallar Kralı as Murat
- 1965 · Sayılı Kabadayılar as Osman
- 1965 · I Live When I Die as
- 1965 · Kasımpaşalı Recep as Recep
- 1965 · Konyakçı as Konyakçı
- 1965 · Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü as Metin
- 1965 · Kahreden Kurşun as Metin
- 1965 · Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Yılmaz
- 1965 · Sokakta Kan Vardı as Turgut
- 1965 · Torpido Yılmaz as Yilmaz
- 1965 · Beyaz Atlı Adam as Beyaz Atlı Adam
- 1965 · Gönül Kuşu as
- 1964 · Ten Fearless Men as Konyakçı
- 1964 · Prangasız Mahkumlar as Rıfat
- 1964 · Kamalı Zeybek as Kamali Zeybek
- 1964 · Mor Defter as Suphi
- 1964 · Zımba Gibi Delikanlı as Yılmaz
- 1964 · Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası as Kemal
- 1964 · Kara Şahin as Sahin
- 1963 · Both Were Brave as Ali Duran
- 1961 · Tatlı Bela as Erdoğan
- 1960 · Dolandırıcılar Şahı as Benzinci Genç
- 1959 · Tütün Zamanı as Cemal
- 1959 · The Fallow Deer as Halil
- 1958 · This Land's Children as