Memduh Ün

Biography

Turkish football player, film director, actor, editor, screenwriter, producer, lecturer and Honorary Professor. He graduated from Vefa Lisesi in 1937. In 1938, he dropped out of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in the third year of his education. Ün changed the language of cinema by going beyond the melodrama mould with the film Üc Arkadas in 1958. The film was considered one of the best films of Turkish cinema. Thanks to his success in this film, he was invited to the Film Friends Association and became one of the important directors of Turkish cinema. During this period, he started to live with Fatma Girik and the couple's relationship continued for life. In 1960, he started the era of child stars in Turkish cinema history with the film Aysecik. After his success with Aysecik, his partnership with Arsavir Alyanak at Yakut Film ended and he founded Ugur Film. In 1990, he made his first self-financed film, Tüm Kapilar Kapaliydi, in which he turned to a subject and cinematography not seen in his previous films. This was followed by the films Gün Ortasinda Karanlik and Zikkimin Kökü, which received many awards. The last film he directed was Sinema Bir Mucizedir (2005), but…

Directed

1. The Postman (1984) — Director
2. Poor (1986) — Director
3. Kanlı Nigar (1981) — Director
4. Windfall (1980) — Director
5. Three Friends (1958) — Director
6. Sezercik Aslan Parçası (1972) — Director
7. Piç (1956) — Director
8. Three Friends (1971) — Director
9. Murat ile Nazlı (1972) — Director
10. The Executioner (1975) — Director
11. The Tricycle (1962) — Director
12. The Broken Pots (1961) — Director
13. Ayşecik (1960) — Director
14. Gönülden Yaralılar (1973) — Director
15. Cevriyem (1978) — Director
16. Büyük Yemin (1969) — Director
17. Zıkkımın Kökü (1993) — Director
18. Falling Leaves (1967) — Director
19. Sinema Bir Mucizedir (2005) — Director
20. All Doors Were Closed (1990) — Director
21. Golden Boy (1966) — Director
22. Son Gece (1967) — Director
23. Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür (1964) — Director
24. For my Honor (1966) — Director
25. Güneş Doğmasın (1961) — Director
26. Star Hill (1965) — Director
27. The Legend of Mount Agrı (1975) — Director
28. As Long as We Live (1969) — Director
29. Halk Çocuğu (1964) — Director
30. Gülsüm Ana (1982) — Director
31. Kaçak (1982) — Director
32. Bire On Vardı (1963) — Director
33. Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı (1967) — Director
34. When Acacias Bloom (1962) — Director
35. Yetim Yavrular (1955) — Director
36. Zeynebin Aşkı (1957) — Director
37. Yetim Ömer (1957) — Director
38. Kırk Küçük Anne (1964) — Director
39. Para (1973) — Director
40. Bir Serseri (1957) — Director

Also appeared in

1. King of The Guards (1979) — Fabikatör Ertuğrul
2. Zübük (1980) — Huzur Partisi Milletvekili
3. Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class (1984) — Tahsin Bey
4. Poor (1986) — Yönetmen
5. Windfall (1980) — Doktor
6. Çarıklı Milyoner (1983) — Gazete Genel Yayın Yönetmeni
7. Whistle If You Come Back (1993) — Bardaki Adam
8. Sezercik Aslan Parçası (1972) — Komiser
9. Three Friends (1971) — Doktor
10. Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema (2019) — Self
11. Murat ile Nazlı (1972)
12. Vagabond (1967) — Lütfü Engin (voice)
13. The Hopeless Ones (1971) — Memduh
14. Cevriyem (1978)
15. Paranın Esiri (1985)
16. Walking After Midnight (1992) — Ali
17. Sinema Bir Mucizedir (2005) — Doktor
18. Ayşecik Yavru Melek (1962) — Ferit
19. Male and Female (1966)
20. The Broken Lifes (1965) — Talat
21. The Indestructible Man (1977)
22. İstanbul'un Kızları (1964) — Komiser
23. As Long as We Live (1969) — Ziya
24. For Chastity (1960) — Patron Kenan
25. Darbe (1976) — Şakir Bey
26. İstanbul 79 (1979) — Ercanın Babası
27. Cemil Dönüyor (1978)
28. Yeniden Doğmak (1987) — Hakim
29. Farewell Kiss (1965)
30. Gülsüm Ana (1982) — Doctor
31. Zehir Hafiye (1971)
32. Unmade Bed (1984)
33. Aşk Istıraptır (1953)
34. Yaban Kız (1954)
35. Yetim Yavrular (1955)
36. Günahkar Baba (1955)
37. Zeynebin Aşkı (1957)
38. Yetim Ömer (1957)
39. Üç Korkusuz Arkadaş (1966)
40. Aşk Hırsızı (1961) — Cemil