Kemal Kan

Biography

Kemal Kan, whose real name is Nurhan Tüzünkan, was born in Istanbul in 1929. He graduated from Istanbul Erkek High School. He graduated from Istanbul Law Faculty and Istanbul Municipality Conservatory Theater Department. He took the stage in Sariyer and Eminönü Community Centers during his student years. In 1952, he moved to cinema as an assistant director in Nuri Akinci's Beyoglu Esrari. He started acting in 1955 with the movie Irz Enemies, also directed by Nuri Akinci. In 1960, he made the transition to directing with the movie Zalim Kader. He founded Ne-Ka Film in 1967 and became a producer and director. He wrote the scripts for many of the films he directed. He directed films in many fields from village films to sex films. Continuing his cinema studies until the late 1980s, Kan passed away in 1997 in Istanbul

Directed

1. Ölüm Fermanı (1970) — Director
2. Devlerin Kavgası (1965) — Director
3. Akma Tuna (1972) — Director
4. Kanun Der Ki (1965) — Director
5. İstanbul Sokaklarında (1964) — Director
6. Dostlar Size Selam Getirmişem (1986) — Director
7. Kara Kartal (1968) — Director
8. Baybars: Asya'nın Tek Atlısı (1971) — Director
9. Şirvan (1969) — Director
10. Kardeş Kanı (1964) — Director
11. Çoban Ali (1955) — Director
12. Vatansız Haydut (1964) — Director
13. Kırbaç Yarası (1965) — Director
14. İslamoğlu — Director
15. Kocadağlı (1967) — Director
16. Aşka Dönüş (1961) — Director
17. Kahramanlar Köyü (1966) — Director
18. Hayırsız Evlat (1969) — Director
19. Cemo: Gelinin Muradı (1970) — Director
20. Kahpe Felek (1973) — Director
21. Maden Dağı (1979) — Director
22. Dost Yarası (1984) — Director
23. Düştüm Çıkmazlara (1986) — Director
24. Aşkımın Mahkumuyum (1988) — Director
25. Beni Anneme Götür (1962) — Director
26. Kartal Pendik Gittik Geldik (1976) — Director
27. Hayırsız Evlat (1976) — Director
28. Dertli Gelin Şirvan (1974) — Director
29. Avşar Beyi (1974) — Director
30. Nam-i Diger Çolak (1975) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü (1965)
2. Kahreden Kurşun (1965) — Aydın
3. Annemin Gözyaşları (1958) — Fikret
4. Memiş Haydutlar Arasında (1958)
5. Vatansız Haydut (1964)
6. Aşkın Gözyaşları (1959)
7. Beyoğlu Esrarı (1952)
8. Dalavereciler Kralı (1955)
9. Kahpe (1955)
10. Hayırsız Evlat (1956) — Suat
11. Namus Kurbanı (1957) — Murat
12. Aşık Garip (1958)
13. Kapıcının Kızı (1958)
14. Bahtımın Yıldızı (1960)
15. Beni Anneme Götür (1962)
16. Sana Can Dayanmaz (1988)