Yılmaz Güney
April 1, 1937 (89 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 · We Called Him the Ugly King as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · Elegy as Çobanoğlu
- 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
- 1971 · The Hopeless Ones as Firat
- 1971 · Silah ve Namus as İlyas
- 1971 · The Warning as Doktor
- 1971 · The Profiteers as Cesi
- 1971 · Tomorrow is The Last Day as Kara Çocuk
- 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 · Hope as Cabbar
- 1970 · Şeytan Kayaları as Ali
- 1970 · Live Target as Asim Mavzer
- 1970 · Son Kızgın Adam as
- 1970 · Yedi Belalılar as Banos
- 1970 · Sevgili Muhafızım as Mehmet Silvan
- 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
- 1969 · Güney Ölüm Saçıyor as Güney
- 1968 · Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü as
- 1968 · Nuri the Flea as Pire Nuri
- 1968 · Bride of the Earth as Seyyit
- 1968 · Aslan Bey as
- 1968 · Beyoğlu Canavarı as Kadir
- 1968 · Azrail Benim as Büyük Örfi
- 1968 · Öldürmek Hakkımdır as
- 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 · Eşkıya Celladı as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
- 1967 · Banus, the Horse Thief as
- 1967 · Çirkin Kral Affetmez as Yusuf Dağcı
- 1967 · Kurbanlık Katil as Mustafa
- 1967 · Kuduz Recep as Kuduz Recep
- 1967 · Red River, Black Sheep as Ali Haydar
- 1967 · İnce Cumali as Cumali
- 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 · Kovboy Ali as Kovboy Ali
- 1966 · Ve Silahlara Veda as Hikmet
- 1966 · Silahların Kanunu as Metin Demir
- 1965 · Tehlikeli Adam as
- 1965 · Dağların Oğlu as Ahmet
- 1965 · Kasımpaşalı Recep as Recep
- 1965 · Konyakçı as Konyakçı
- 1965 · Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Yılmaz
- 1965 · Beyaz Atlı Adam as Beyaz Atlı Adam
- 1965 · Krallar Kralı as Murat
- 1965 · Gönül Kuşu as
- 1965 · I Live When I Die as
- 1965 · Kahreden Kurşun as Metin
- 1965 · Sokakta Kan Vardı as Turgut
- 1965 · Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü as Metin
- 1965 · Sayılı Kabadayılar as Osman
- 1965 · Torpido Yılmaz as Yilmaz
- 1964 · Ten Fearless Men as Konyakçı
- 1964 · Kara Şahin as Sahin
- 1964 · Zımba Gibi Delikanlı as Yılmaz
- 1964 · Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası as Kemal
- 1964 · Mor Defter as Suphi
- 1964 · Prangasız Mahkumlar as Rıfat
- 1964 · Kamalı Zeybek as Kamali Zeybek
- 1963 · Both Were Brave as Ali Duran
- 1961 · Tatlı Bela as Erdoğan
- 1960 · Dolandırıcılar Şahı as Benzinci Genç
- 1959 · The Fallow Deer as Halil
- 1959 · Tütün Zamanı as Cemal
- 1958 · This Land's Children as