Türker İnanoğlu

Biography

Türker İnanoğlu (18 May 1936 - 2 April 2024) was a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. İnanoğlu came in contact with the cinema when he was a student at the Istanbul Academy of Applied Fine Arts in 1957. After working as assistant to directors Ömer Lütfi Akat and Nişan Hançer in eleven movies, he directed in 1960 his first feature Senden Ayrı Yaşayamam. After directing nine movies in the studios of Yeşilçam, the Turkish Hollywood, İnanoğlu established in 1959 his own film company Erler Film, which is today the oldest film production company in Turkey still in business. Since then, he produced 126 black-and-white and color films, among them 21 co-productions with Greece, Italy and Iran. He executed also the productions of American, Japanese, French and German filmmakers’ documentary films shot in Turkey. Until now, he directed 82 movies. In 1979, İnanoğlu started the video business in Turkey by founding the first video company, Ulusal Video. His company distributed video copies of domestic movies to around 1,500 video clubs in Turkey and abroad. He contributed so five years long to the survival of Turkish cinema, which found itself in a big economic crisis. To prod…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Siyaset Meydanı (1994) — Self
2. 100 Muhteşem Yıl (2017) — Self
3. Yönetmen Natuk Baytan Belgeseli (2007)
4. Golden Butterfly Awards (1973) — Self - Winner

Directed

1. Our Girl (1977) — Director
2. Yumurcak (1969) — Director
3. Yumurcak Köprüaltı Çocuğu (1970) — Director
4. Beyoğlu Piliçleri (1963) — Director
5. Yumurcağın Tatlı Rüyaları (1971) — Director
6. Yarım Kalan Saadet (1970) — Director
7. The Thief Girl (1968) — Director
8. İntikam Uğruna (1966) — Director
9. Istanbul Holiday (1968) — Director
10. Tahran Macerası (1968) — Director
11. Efkârlıyım Abiler (1966) — Director
12. Ayrılık (1972) — Director
13. Tamirci Parçası (1965) — Director
14. Yankesici Kız (1964) — Director
15. Yusuf and Zulaikha (1968) — Director
16. Cilveli Kız (1969) — Director
17. İşportacı Kız (1970) — Director
18. Pranga Mahkumu (1968) — Director
19. Bar Kızı (1966) — Director
20. Sabah Yıldızı (1968) — Director
21. Köyde Bir Kız Sevdim (1960) — Director
22. Cambaz Kızın Aşkı (1961) — Director
23. Zehirli Hayat (1968) — Director
24. Yankesicinin Aşkı (1965) — Director
25. Ringo Kâzım (1967) — Director
26. Efkarlı Sosyetede (1968) — Director
27. Silahlı Paşazade (1967) — Director
28. Fadime (1970) — Director
29. Kolejli Kızın Aşkı (1965) — Director
30. Namus Borcu (1967) — Director
31. Cambazhane Gülü Fadime (1971) — Director
32. Kadın Berberi (1964) — Director
33. Bulunmaz Uşak (1963) — Director
34. Suçsuz Firari (1966) — Director
35. Soyguncular (1973) — Director
36. Bahriyeli Ahmet (1963) — Director
37. Kiralık Koca (1963) — Director
38. Bekar Odası (1967) — Director
39. Çöpçatan (1962) — Director
40. Kaderin Cilvesi (1966) — Director