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.

Directed

1. The Road (1982) — Director
2. Hope (1970) — Director
3. The Wall (1983) — Director
4. Friend (1974) — Director
5. Bride of the Earth (1968) — Director
6. Elegy (1985) — Director
7. The Father (1971) — Director
8. The Hungry Wolves (1969) — Director
9. The Hopeless Ones (1971) — Director
10. The Poor (1975) — Director
11. Anxiety (1974) — Director
12. Yedi Belalılar (1970) — Director
13. Live Target (1970) — Director
14. Pain (1971) — Director
15. Horse, Woman and Gun (1966) — Director
16. Private Osman (1970) — Director
17. My Name Is Kerim (1967) — Director
18. Bullets Won't Touch Me (1967) — Director
19. Fugitives (1971) — Director
20. The Profiteers (1971) — Director
21. The Warning (1971) — Director
22. An Ugly Man (1969) — Director
23. Tomorrow is The Last Day (1971) — Director
24. Nuri the Flea (1968) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Room 666 (1985) — Self (voice)
2. Hope (1970) — Cabbar
3. Law of the Border (1966) — Hıdır
4. Friend (1974) — Azem
5. Bride of the Earth (1968) — Seyyit
6. Elegy (1985) — Çobanoğlu
7. The Father (1971) — Cemal
8. Sezercik Yavrum Benim (1971) — Self (Konuk Oyuncu)
9. The Legend of the Ugly King (2017) — Self (archive footage)
10. The Hungry Wolves (1969) — Serçe Memet
11. Red River, Black Sheep (1967) — Ali Haydar
12. The Hopeless Ones (1971) — Firat
13. The Poor (1975) — Abuzer
14. Live Target (1970) — Asim Mavzer
15. Yedi Belalılar (1970) — Banos
16. Ten Fearless Men (1964) — Konyakçı
17. Balatlı Arif (1967) — Arif
18. İnce Cumali (1967) — Cumali
19. Krallar Kralı (1965) — Murat
20. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
21. Torpido Yılmaz (1965) — Yilmaz
22. We Called Him the Ugly King (1987) — Self (archive footage)
23. Kahreden Kurşun (1965) — Metin
24. Gönül Kuşu (1965)
25. Mor Defter (1964) — Suphi
26. Çirkin ve Cesur (1971)
27. Bullets Won't Touch Me (1967) — Yadigar
28. Kurbanlık Katil (1967) — Mustafa
29. The Fallow Deer (1959) — Halil
30. This Land's Children (1958)
31. I Live When I Die (1965)
32. Sayılı Kabadayılar (1965) — Osman
33. Both Were Brave (1963) — Ali Duran
34. Pain (1971) — Çiçek Ali
35. Kozanoğlu (1967) — Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
36. Şeytan Kayaları (1970) — Ali
37. Prangasız Mahkumlar (1964) — Rıfat
38. Silahların Kanunu (1966) — Metin Demir
39. The Ugly King (1966) — Çirkin Kral
40. Son Kızgın Adam (1970)