Yılmaz Güney
April 1, 1937 (88 years old) in Adana, Turkey
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1982 · Room 666 as Self (voice)
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1972 · Sahtekar as Bülent Akif
- 1972 · Elegy as Çobanoğlu
- 1971 · The Hopeless Ones as Firat
- 1971 · Silah ve Namus as İlyas
- 1971 · The Profiteers as Cesi
- 1971 · Tomorrow is The Last Day as Kara Çocuk
- 1971 · Fugitives as Osman
- 1971 · Sezercik Yavrum Benim as Çirkin Kral
- 1971 · The Father as Cemal
- 1971 · Çirkin ve Cesur as
- 1970 · Zeyno as Murat
- 1970 · Private Osman as Piyade Osman
- 1970 · Şeytan Kayaları as Ali
- 1970 · Son Kızgın Adam as
- 1970 · Yedi Belalılar as Banos
- 1969 · Altın Koza as Self - Winner
- 1969 · An Ugly Man as Bino
- 1969 · The Hungry Wolves as Serçe Memet
- 1968 · Beyoğlu Canavarı as Kadir
- 1968 · Bride of the Earth as Seyyit
- 1968 · Azrail Benim as Büyük Örfi
- 1967 · Bullets Won't Touch Me as Yadigar
- 1967 · Balatlı Arif as Arif
- 1967 · My Name Is Kerim as
- 1967 · Kozanoğlu as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
- 1967 · Banus, the Horse Thief as
- 1967 · Çirkin Kral Affetmez as Yusuf Dağcı
- 1967 · Kuduz Recep as Kuduz Recep
- 1966 · Law of the Border as Hıdır
- 1966 · Eşrefpaşalı as Kudret
- 1966 · Yiğit Yaralı Olur as Yusuf
- 1966 · Silahların Kanunu as Metin Demir
- 1966 · Kovboy Ali as Kovboy Ali
- 1965 · Dağların Oğlu as Ahmet
- 1965 · Konyakçı as Konyakçı
- 1965 · Kahreden Kurşun as Metin
- 1965 · Gönül Kuşu as
- 1965 · Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü as Metin
- 1964 · Ten Fearless Men as Konyakçi
- 1964 · Kara Şahin as Sahin
- 1961 · Tatlı Bela as Erdoğan
- 1959 · The Fallow Deer as Halil
- 1958 · This Land's Children as
- Future · Eşkıya Celladı as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
- 2017 · The Legend of the Ugly King as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris as
- 1987 · Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · We Called Him the Ugly King as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Autour du mur as Self
- 1975 · The Poor as Abuzer
- 1975 · İnce Memed Vuruldu as
- 1974 · Friend as Azem
- 1971 · The Warning as Doktor
- 1971 · Pain as Çiçek Ali
- 1970 · Hope as Cabbar
- 1970 · Live Target as Asim Mavzer
- 1969 · Bin Defa Ölürüm as Rıfat
- 1969 · Belanın Yedi Türlüsü as Zaza Sehmuz
- 1969 · Kan Su Gibi Akacak as Ali
- 1968 · Nuri the Flea as Pire Nuri
- 1968 · Aslan Bey as
- 1967 · Büyük Cellatlar as Samil
- 1967 · Red River, Black Sheep as Ali Haydar
- 1967 · İnce Cumali as Cumali
- 1967 · Kurbanlık Katil as Mustafa
- 1966 · The Ugly King as Çirkin Kral
- 1966 · Kibar Haydut as Ali
- 1966 · Horse, Woman and Gun as Yusufcuk
- 1966 · Ve Silahlara Veda as Hikmet
- 1965 · Tehlikeli Adam as
- 1965 · Torpido Yılmaz as Yilmaz
- 1965 · Beyaz Atlı Adam as Beyaz Atlı Adam
- 1965 · Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Yılmaz
- 1965 · Sokakta Kan Vardı as Turgut
- 1965 · Krallar Kralı as Murat
- 1965 · I Live When I Die as Ahmet
- 1965 · Kasımpaşalı Recep as Recep
- 1965 · Sayılı Kabadayılar as Osman
- 1964 · Zımba Gibi Delikanlı as Yılmaz
- 1964 · Prangasız Mahkumlar as Rıfat
- 1964 · Mor Defter as Suphi
- 1964 · Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası as Kemal
- 1964 · Kamalı Zeybek as Kamali Zeybek
- 1963 · Both Were Brave as Ali Duran
- 1960 · Dolandırıcılar Şahı as Benzinci Genç
- 1959 · Tütün Zamanı as Cemal
- Future · Sevgili Muhafızım as Mehmet Silvan
- Future · Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı as Rıfat