Metin Erksan

Biography

Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012), born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, was a Turkish film director and art historian. Metin Erksan gained success with films depicting the problems of people from the countryside he adopted from the literature. Susuz Yaz won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, Germany. Yılanların Öcü (1962) was awarded in 1966 at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. He was named "Best Director" with his film Kuyu (1968) at the first edition of International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Along with renowned film director Halit Refiğ, he was credited as the representative of the national cinema in Turkey. From 1970 on, he directed films aimed for commercial success. In 1974-1975, he filmed five Turkish stories (Hanende Melek by Sabahattin Ali, Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Bir İntihar by Samet Ağaoğlu, Müthiş Bir Tren by Sait Faik Abasıyanık and Sazlık by Hulusi Koray) as short films for television. His 1977 film The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1974 horror movie Şeytan is known as the "Turkish Exorcist" due to the movies' similar plots. He directed 42 films, 2 of …

Directed

1. Time to Love (1965) — Director
2. Dry Summer (1963) — Director
3. The Exorcist (1974) — Director
4. The Bald Boy and Cankiz (1972) — Director
5. Revenge of the Snakes (1962) — Director
6. The Well (1968) — Director
7. The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet (1976) — Director
8. The Guilty Are Among Us (1964) — Director
9. Acı Hayat (1962) — Director
10. A Horrible Train (1975) — Director
11. A Suicide (1975) — Director
12. The Reeds (1975) — Director
13. Beyond the Nights (1960) — Director
14. Hot Gypsy (1969) — Director
15. Nebahat The Driver (1959) — Director
16. Feride (1971) — Director
17. Dresses Of Times Past (1975) — Director
18. Dağdan İnme (1973) — Director
19. Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor (1958) — Director
20. The Dark World (1953) — Director
21. Cingöz Recai: White Hell (1954) — Director
22. Melek The Singer (1975) — Director
23. The Immortal Love (1966) — Director
24. Dağlar Kızı Reyhan (1969) — Director
25. Mahalle Arkadaşları (1961) — Director
26. Hicran (1971) — Director
27. Sevenler Ölmez (1970) — Director
28. The Abandoned Documents of a Dead Woman (1956) — Director
29. Süreyya (1972) — Director
30. I Cannot Live Without You (1977) — Director
31. Makber (1971) — Director
32. Hicran Yarası (1959) — Director
33. Ayrılsak da Beraberiz (1967) — Director
34. Eyvah (1970) — Director
35. Yolpalas Cinayeti (1955) — Director
36. Oy Farfara Farfara (1961) — Director
37. Çifte Kumrular (1962) — Director
38. Sahte Nikah (1962) — Director
39. İstanbul Kaldırımları (1964) — Director
40. İki Hikayeli Film: İki Günahsız Kız - Yılın Kadını Değil (1969) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema (2019) — Self
2. Altın Koza (1969) — Self - Winner