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Yılmaz Güney

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Yılmaz Güney

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Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor (1937-1984)

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Yılmaz Güney, born Yılmaz Pütün on April 1, 1937, in Adana, was a Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, and film editor. His professional career spanned from 1958 to 1983. He was married to Nebahat Çehre and held Turkish citizenship, though he was also stateless. Güney spoke Turkish and worked in the field of directing.

He died of stomach cancer in Paris on September 9, 1984, and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. His notable works include *Hudutların kanunu*, *Seyyit Han*, *Selimiye mektupları*, *Acı*, and *Mêgel*. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, and he received the Palme d'Or award.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1937
Works
23

Top works

  • Çırkın kral
  • Hudutların kanunu
  • Seyyit Han
  • Selimiye mektupları
  • Acı

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Film & TV

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…

Known for

  • The Legend of the Ugly King — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney — Self (archive footage)2016
  • Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause — Self (archive footage)2014
  • Aynalar1996
  • Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris1995
  • We Called Him the Ugly King — Self (archive footage)1987
  • Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films — Self (archive footage)1987
  • Elegy — Çobanoğlu1985
  • Room 666 — Self (voice)1985
  • Autour du mur — Self1983

via TMDB

Key facts

Born
Yılmaz Pütün , ( 1937-04-01 ) 1 April 1937, Yenice , Yüreğir, Adana, Turkey
Died
9 September 1984 (1984-09-09) (aged 47), Paris , France
Resting place
Pére Lachaise Cemetery , Paris, France
Citizenship
Turkey (1937-1983 ), Stateless (1983-1984)
Occupations
Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, activist, poet
Years active
1958–1984
Organization
Güney Film
Notable work
Umut Sürü Düşman Yol Duvar
Spouses
Nebahat Çehre ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1968 ) ​ Fatoş Güney ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ) ​
Awards
Palme d'Or (1982)
Website
https://yilmazguneyofficial.com/

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
statelessness
Place of birth
Adana
Place of death
Paris
Spouse
Nebahat Çehre
Occupation
poet
Languages spoken
Turkish
Native language
Turkish
Notable work
Yol
Sport
association football
Image
Yılmaz Güney.jpg
Work location
Turkey
Convicted of
murder
Significant event
funeral
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cause of death
stomach cancer
date of birth
1937-04-01
date of death
1984-09-09
Commons category
Yılmaz Güney
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Yılmaz Pütün
name in native language
Yılmaz Güney
start of work period
1958-00-00
end of work period
1983-00-00
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
pseudonym
Çirkin Kıral (Ugly King)
Sources (12)

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Encyclopedic overview

Yılmaz Güney (né Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made from a far-left perspective and devoted to the plight of working-class people in Turkey. Güney won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982 for the film Yol (The Road) which he co-directed with Şerif Gören. He was at constant odds with the Turkish government over the portrayal of Kurdish culture, people and language.

After being convicted of killing judge Sefa Mutlu in 1974 (a charge which he denied), Güney fled the country and was later stripped of his citizenship. A year before his death in 1983, he co-founded the Kurdish Institute of Paris together with the Kurdish poets Cegerxwîn and Hejar among others.

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