Yılmaz Güney
Birthday
1937/04/01
Day of death
1984/09/09 (47 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Adana, Turkey
Also know as
Çirkin Kral, Йылмаз Гюней, یەڵماز گیونەی
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.
Acting
(1965) Torpido Yılmaz
as Yilmaz
(2017) The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
(1987) We Called Him the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
(1965) Kahreden Kurşun
as Metin
(1965) Gönül Kuşu
as ---
(1964) Mor Defter
as Suphi
(1969) The Hungry Wolves
as Serçe Memet
(1971) Çirkin ve Cesur
as ---
(1967) Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Yadigar
(1967) Kurbanlık Katil
as Mustafa
(1972) Elegy
as Çobanoğlu
(1966) Law of the Border
as Hıdır
(1964) Ten Fearless Men
as Konyakçı
(1975) The Poor
as Abuzer
(1959) The Fallow Deer
as Halil
(1958) This Land's Children
as ---
(1967) Red River, Black Sheep
as Ali Haydar
(1965) I Live When I Die
as Ahmet
(1965) Sayılı Kabadayılar
as Osman
(1963) Both Were Brave
as Ali Duran
(1971) Pain
as Çiçek Ali
(1974) Friend
as Azem
(1971) The Father
as Cemal
(1967) Kozanoğlu
as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
(1975) İnce Memed Vuruldu
as ---
(2016) Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney
as Self (archive footage)
(1970) Şeytan Kayaları
as Ali
(1964) Prangasız Mahkumlar
as Rıfat
(1966) Silahların Kanunu
as Metin Demir
(1983) Autour du mur
as Self
(1970) Live Target
as Asim Mavzer
(1970) Hope
as Cabbar
(2014) Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) The Ugly King
as Çirkin Kral
(1970) Son Kızgın Adam
as ---
(1968) Bride of the Earth
as Seyyit
(1970) Yedi Belalılar
as Banos
(1970) Zeyno
as Murat
(1971) The Hopeless Ones
as Firat
(1965) Tehlikeli Adam
as ---
(1966) Kovboy Ali
as Kovboy Ali
(1971) Silah ve Namus
as İlyas
(1968) Aslan Bey
as ---
(1966) Horse, Woman and Gun
as Yusufcuk
(1969) Belanın Yedi Türlüsü
as Zaza Sehmuz
(1968) Beyoğlu Canavarı
as Kadir
(1969) Bin Defa Ölürüm
as Rıfat
(1966) Eşrefpaşalı
as Kudret
(1965) Dağların Oğlu
as Ahmet
(1967) Büyük Cellatlar
as Samil
(1971) The Profiteers
as Cesi
(1968) Azrail Benim
as Büyük Örfi
(1968) Nuri the Flea
as Pire Nuri
(1966) Yiğit Yaralı Olur
as Yusuf
(1967) My Name Is Kerim
as ---
(1969) Kan Su Gibi Akacak
as Ali
(1967) Balatlı Arif
as Arif
(1971) Tomorrow is The Last Day
as Kara Çocuk
(1987) Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası
as Kemal
(1971) Sezercik Yavrum Benim
as Çirkin Kral
(1969) An Ugly Man
as Bino
(1967) Kuduz Recep
as Kuduz Recep
(1967) İnce Cumali
as Cumali
(1967) Banus, the Horse Thief
as ---
(1971) Fugitives
as Osman
(1970) Private Osman
as Piyade Osman
(1959) Tütün Zamanı
as Cemal
(1967) Çirkin Kral Affetmez
as Yusuf Dağcı
(1961) Tatlı Bela
as Erdoğan
(1965) Sokakta Kan Vardı
as Turgut
(1964) Kara Şahin
as Sahin
(1965) Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü
as Metin
(1964) Kamalı Zeybek
as Kamali Zeybek
(1965) Krallar Kralı
as Murat
(1972) Sahtekar
as Bülent Akif
(1966) Kibar Haydut
as Ali
(1971) The Warning
as Doktor
(1982) Room 666
as Self (voice)
(1965) Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Yılmaz
(1995) Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
as ---
Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı
as Rıfat
(1965) Konyakçı
as Konyakçı
(1965) Kasımpaşalı Recep
as Recep
(1960) Dolandırıcılar Şahı
as Benzinci Genç
(1964) Zımba Gibi Delikanlı
as Yılmaz
(1965) Beyaz Atlı Adam
as Beyaz Atlı Adam
(1966) Ve Silahlara Veda
as Hikmet
Eşkıya Celladı
as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
Sevgili Muhafızım
as Mehmet Silvan
(1968) Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü
as ---
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self
(1969) Altın Koza
as Self - Winner