People
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.
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Legend of the Ugly King as Self (archive footage) | 2017-09-14 |
Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney as Self (archive footage) | 2016-01-31 |
Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause as Self (archive footage) | 2014-05-07 |
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris | 1995-12-12 |
Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films as Self (archive footage) | 1987-01-01 |
We Called Him the Ugly King as Self (archive footage) | 1987-01-01 |
Autour du mur as Self | 1983-07-26 |
Room 666 as Self (voice) | 1982-06-01 |
The Poor as Abuzer | 1975-03-01 |
İnce Memed Vuruldu | 1975-01-01 |
Friend as Azem | 1974-10-01 |
Sahtekar as Bülent Akif | 1972-04-01 |
Elegy as Çobanoğlu | 1972-01-01 |
The Hopeless Ones as Firat | 1971-06-22 |
Silah ve Namus as İlyas | 1971-04-02 |
The Warning as Doktor | 1971-04-01 |
The Profiteers as Cesi | 1971-04-01 |
Tomorrow is The Last Day as Kara Çocuk | 1971-04-01 |
Fugitives as Osman | 1971-03-01 |
Sezercik Yavrum Benim as Çirkin Kral | 1971-02-02 |
Pain as Çiçek Ali | 1971-01-02 |
The Father as Cemal | 1971-01-02 |
Çirkin ve Cesur | 1971-01-01 |
Zeyno as Murat | 1970-10-14 |
Private Osman as Piyade Osman | 1970-06-16 |
Hope as Cabbar | 1970-05-25 |
Şeytan Kayaları as Ali | 1970-04-01 |
Live Target as Asim Mavzer | 1970-01-02 |
Son Kızgın Adam | 1970-01-01 |
Yedi Belalılar as Banos | 1970-01-01 |
Bin Defa Ölürüm as Rıfat | 1969-04-05 |
Belanın Yedi Türlüsü as Zaza Sehmuz | 1969-04-03 |
Kan Su Gibi Akacak as Ali | 1969-04-02 |
An Ugly Man as Bino | 1969-04-01 |
The Hungry Wolves as Serçe Memet | 1969-01-01 |
Bride of the Earth as Seyyit | 1968-04-01 |
Nuri the Flea as Pire Nuri | 1968-04-01 |
Azrail Benim as Büyük Örfi | 1968-04-01 |
Aslan Bey | 1968-04-01 |
Beyoğlu Canavarı as Kadir | 1968-04-01 |
Bullets Won't Touch Me as Yadigar | 1967-04-03 |
Büyük Cellatlar as Samil | 1967-04-03 |
My Name Is Kerim | 1967-04-01 |
Balatlı Arif as Arif | 1967-04-01 |
Kozanoğlu as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin | 1967-01-02 |
Kuduz Recep as Kuduz Recep | 1967-01-01 |
Kurbanlık Katil as Mustafa | 1967-01-01 |
Çirkin Kral Affetmez as Yusuf Dağcı | 1967-01-01 |
Banus, the Horse Thief | 1967-01-01 |
İnce Cumali as Cumali | 1967-01-01 |
Red River, Black Sheep as Ali Haydar | 1967-01-01 |
Law of the Border as Hıdır | 1966-10-04 |
The Ugly King as Çirkin Kral | 1966-06-16 |
Kibar Haydut as Ali | 1966-05-10 |
Eşrefpaşalı as Kudret | 1966-04-03 |
Yiğit Yaralı Olur as Yusuf | 1966-04-01 |
Horse, Woman and Gun as Yusufcuk | 1966-04-01 |
Silahların Kanunu as Metin Demir | 1966-01-01 |
Kovboy Ali as Kovboy Ali | 1966-01-01 |
Tehlikeli Adam | 1965-07-17 |
Dağların Oğlu as Ahmet | 1965-04-01 |
Kahreden Kurşun as Metin | 1965-01-01 |
Gönül Kuşu | 1965-01-01 |
I Live When I Die as Ahmet | 1965-01-01 |
Torpido Yılmaz as Yilmaz | 1965-01-01 |
Sokakta Kan Vardı as Turgut | 1965-01-01 |
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Yılmaz | 1965-01-01 |
Krallar Kralı as Murat | 1965-01-01 |
Sayılı Kabadayılar as Osman | 1965-01-01 |
Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü as Metin | 1965-01-01 |
Ten Fearless Men as Konyakçi | 1964-12-31 |
Prangasız Mahkumlar as Rıfat | 1964-01-01 |
Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası as Kemal | 1964-01-01 |
Kara Şahin as Sahin | 1964-01-01 |
Mor Defter as Suphi | 1964-01-01 |
Kamalı Zeybek as Kamali Zeybek | 1964-01-01 |
Both Were Brave as Ali Duran | 1963-01-01 |
Tatlı Bela as Erdoğan | 1961-01-01 |
Tütün Zamanı as Cemal | 1959-01-01 |
The Fallow Deer as Halil | 1959-01-01 |
This Land's Children | 1958-01-01 |