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 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 · Sevgili Muhafızım as Mehmet Silvan
- 1970 · Yedi Belalılar as Banos
- 1970 · Son Kızgın Adam as
- 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 · Aslan Bey as
- 1968 · Bride of the Earth as Seyyit
- 1968 · Beyoğlu Canavarı as Kadir
- 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 · Kuduz Recep as Kuduz Recep
- 1967 · Red River, Black Sheep as Ali Haydar
- 1967 · İnce Cumali as Cumali
- 1967 · Banus, the Horse Thief as
- 1967 · Kurbanlık Katil as Mustafa
- 1967 · Eşkıya Celladı as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
- 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 · Yiğit Yaralı Olur as Yusuf
- 1966 · Horse, Woman and Gun as Yusufcuk
- 1966 · Silahların Kanunu as Metin Demir
- 1966 · Kovboy Ali as Kovboy Ali
- 1966 · Ve Silahlara Veda as Hikmet
- 1965 · Tehlikeli Adam as
- 1965 · Dağların Oğlu as Ahmet
- 1965 · Konyakçı as Konyakçı
- 1965 · Beyaz Atlı Adam as Beyaz Atlı Adam
- 1965 · Kahreden Kurşun as Metin
- 1965 · Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü as Metin
- 1965 · Krallar Kralı as Murat
- 1965 · Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Yılmaz
- 1965 · Sayılı Kabadayılar as Osman
- 1965 · Sokakta Kan Vardı as Turgut
- 1965 · I Live When I Die as
- 1965 · Gönül Kuşu as
- 1965 · Kasımpaşalı Recep as Recep
- 1965 · Torpido Yılmaz as Yilmaz
- 1964 · Ten Fearless Men as Konyakçı
- 1964 · Prangasız Mahkumlar as Rıfat
- 1964 · Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası as Kemal
- 1964 · Zımba Gibi Delikanlı as Yılmaz
- 1964 · Kamalı Zeybek as Kamali Zeybek
- 1964 · Mor Defter as Suphi
- 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