Yılmaz Güney

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.

Known For

Room 666

as Self (voice)

Hope

as Cabbar

Law of the Border

as Hıdır

Bride of the Earth

as Seyyit

Friend

as Azem

Elegy

as Çobanoğlu

Sezercik Yavrum Benim

as Çirkin Kral

The Father

as Cemal

The Legend of the Ugly King

as Self (archive footage)

Red River, Black Sheep

as Ali Haydar