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.
Filmography
all 94
Movies 93
Director 18
Writer 15
Producer 9
self 8
Screenplay 3
TV Shows 1
Self (archive footage)

The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney (2016)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause (2014)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

We Called Him the Ugly King (1987)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films (1987)
Movie
Director / Writer

The Wall (1983)
Movie
Co-Producer / Editor / Writer / Director

The Road (1982)
Movie
Self (voice)

Room 666 (1982)
Movie
Writer

The Enemy (1980)
Movie
Writer / Co-Director

The Herd (1979)
Movie
Writer

Sürgün (1976)
Movie
Writer

İzin (1975)
Movie
Writer / Producer

Certainly One Day (1975)
Movie
Azem / Director / Screenplay / Writer

Friend (1974)
Movie
Director / Writer / Producer

Anxiety (1974)
Movie
Abuzer / Director / Screenplay

The Poor (1974)
Movie
Bülent Akif

Sahtekar (1972)
Movie
Çobanoğlu / Director / Writer / Producer

Elegy (1972)
Movie
Firat / Director / Writer

The Hopeless Ones (1971)
Movie
Doktor / Writer / Director / Producer

The Warning (1971)
Movie
Cesi / Director / Writer / Producer

The Profiteers (1971)
Movie
Kara Çocuk / Writer / Director

Tomorrow is The Last Day (1971)
Movie
Osman / Screenplay / Director

Fugitives (1971)
Movie
Çirkin Kral

Sezercik Yavrum Benim (1971)
Movie
Çiçek Ali / Director / Writer

Pain (1971)
Movie
Cemal / Director / Writer

The Father (1971)
Movie
Murat

Zeyno (1970)
Movie
Piyade Osman / Writer / Director

Private Osman (1970)
Movie
Cabbar / Writer / Producer / Director

Hope (1970)
Movie
Asim Mavzer / Director / Screenplay

Live Target (1970)
Movie
Banos / Director / Screenplay

Yedi Belalılar (1970)
Movie
Zaza Sehmuz

Belanın Yedi Türlüsü (1969)
Movie
Bino / Writer / Director

An Ugly Man (1969)
Movie
Serçe Memet / Director / Producer / Writer

The Hungry Wolves (1969)
Movie
Seyyit / Director / Writer

Bride of the Earth (1968)
Movie
Pire Nuri / Writer / Producer / Director

Nuri the Flea (1968)
Movie
Büyük Örfi / Writer

Azrail Benim (1968)
Movie
Yadigar / Director / Writer

Bullets Won't Touch Me (1967)
Movie
Writer / Director

My Name Is Kerim (1967)
Movie
Kozanoğlu Hüseyin

Kozanoğlu (1967)
Movie
Cumali

İnce Cumali (1967)
Movie
Mustafa

Kurbanlık Katil (1967)
Movie
Ali Haydar

Red River, Black Sheep (1967)
Movie
Kuduz Recep

Kuduz Recep (1967)
Movie
Hıdır / Writer

Law of the Border (1966)
Movie
Çirkin Kral

The Ugly King (1966)
Movie
Kudret / Writer

Eşrefpaşalı (1966)
Movie
Yusufcuk / Writer / Director

Horse, Woman and Gun (1966)
Movie
Metin Demir

Silahların Kanunu (1966)
Movie
Kovboy Ali / Writer

Kovboy Ali (1966)
Movie
Murat / Writer

Krallar Kralı (1965)
Movie
Konyakçi

Ten Fearless Men (1964)
Movie
Rıfat / Writer

Prangasız Mahkumlar (1964)
Movie
Kamali Zeybek / Writer

Kamalı Zeybek (1964)
Movie
Ali Duran

Both Were Brave (1963)
Movie
Writer

Yaban Gülü (1961)
Movie
Erdoğan

Tatlı Bela (1961)
Movie
Assistant Director

The Death Curtain (1960)
Movie
Screenplay

Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası (1959)
Movie
Halil / Screenplay

The Fallow Deer (1959)
Movie
Screenplay

This Land's Children (1958)
Movie
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1937-04-01
Deathday1984-09-09 (47 years old)
Birth NameYılmaz Pütün
Birth PlaceAdana, Turkey
RelationshipsNebahat Çehre (1967 - 1968)
CitizenshipsKurdistan
Also Known AsÇirkin Kral, Йылмаз Гюней, یەڵماز گیونەی
AwardsInternational Adana Film Festival Awards, Orhan Kemal Novel Prize, Palme d'Or, Golden Orange Award Best actor, Golden Orange for Best Screenplay
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