1937-04-01 ( 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.

Movies

Autour du mur 1983-07-26
Room 666 1982-06-01
Friend 1974-10-01
The Poor 1974-01-01
Sahtekar 1972-04-01
Elegy 1972-01-01
Silah ve Namus 1971-04-02
The Profiteers 1971-04-01
The Warning 1971-04-01
Fugitives 1971-03-01
Pain 1971-01-02
The Father 1971-01-02
Zeyno 1970-10-14
Private Osman 1970-06-16
Hope 1970-05-25
Live Target 1970-01-02
An Ugly Man 1969-04-01
Aslan Bey 1968-04-01
Azrail Benim 1968-04-01
Nuri the Flea 1968-04-01
Balatlı Arif 1967-04-01
Kozanoğlu 1967-01-02
Kuduz Recep 1967-01-01
İnce Cumali 1967-01-01
The Ugly King 1966-06-16
Kibar Haydut 1966-05-10
Eşrefpaşalı 1966-04-03
Kovboy Ali 1966-01-01
Tehlikeli Adam 1965-07-17
Gönül Kuşu 1965-01-01
Krallar Kralı 1965-01-01
Mor Defter 1964-01-01
Kara Şahin 1964-01-01
Kamalı Zeybek 1964-01-01
Tatlı Bela 1961-01-01