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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 (85 movies)

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Torpido Yılmaz

1965

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The Legend of the Ugly King

2017

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We Called Him the Ugly King

1987

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Kahreden Kurşun

1965

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Gönül Kuşu

1965

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Mor Defter

1964

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The Hungry Wolves

1969

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Çirkin ve Cesur

1971

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Bullets Won't Touch Me

1967

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Kurbanlık Katil

1967

5.9

Elegy

1972

6.2

Law of the Border

1966

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Ten Fearless Men

1964

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The Poor

1975

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The Fallow Deer

1959

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This Land's Children

1958

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Red River, Black Sheep

1967

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I Live When I Die

1965

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Sayılı Kabadayılar

1965

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Both Were Brave

1963

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Pain

1971

7.0

Friend

1974

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The Father

1971

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Kozanoğlu

1967

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İnce Memed Vuruldu

1975

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Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney

2016

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Şeytan Kayaları

1970

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Prangasız Mahkumlar

1964

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Silahların Kanunu

1966

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Autour du mur

1983

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Live Target

1970

7.2

Hope

1970

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Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause

2014

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The Ugly King

1966

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Son Kızgın Adam

1970

5.7

Bride of the Earth

1968

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Yedi Belalılar

1970

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Zeyno

1970

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The Hopeless Ones

1971

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Tehlikeli Adam

1965

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Kovboy Ali

1966

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Silah ve Namus

1971

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Aslan Bey

1968

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Horse, Woman and Gun

1966

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Belanın Yedi Türlüsü

1969

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Beyoğlu Canavarı

1968

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Bin Defa Ölürüm

1969

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Eşrefpaşalı

1966

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Dağların Oğlu

1965

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Büyük Cellatlar

1967

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The Profiteers

1971

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Azrail Benim

1968

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Nuri the Flea

1968

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Yiğit Yaralı Olur

1966

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My Name Is Kerim

1967

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Kan Su Gibi Akacak

1969

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Balatlı Arif

1967

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Tomorrow is The Last Day

1971

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Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films

1987

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Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası

1964

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Sezercik Yavrum Benim

1971

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An Ugly Man

1969

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Kuduz Recep

1967

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İnce Cumali

1967

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Banus, the Horse Thief

1967

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Fugitives

1971

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Private Osman

1970

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Tütün Zamanı

1959

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Çirkin Kral Affetmez

1967

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Tatlı Bela

1961

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Sokakta Kan Vardı

1965

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Kara Şahin

1964

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Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü

1965

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Krallar Kralı

1965

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Sahtekar

1972

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Kibar Haydut

1966

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The Warning

1971

6.5

Room 666

1982

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Üçünüzü de mıhlarım

1965

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Konyakçı

1965

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Kasımpaşalı Recep

1965

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Dolandırıcılar Şahı

1960

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Zımba Gibi Delikanlı

1964

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Beyaz Atlı Adam

1965

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Ve Silahlara Veda

1966

Directing (23 movies)

Title	Year	Job
This Land's Children	1958	Screenplay
The Fallow Deer	1959	Screenplay
Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası	1959	Screenplay
Suçlu	1960	Screenplay
Yaban Gülü	1961	Writer
Kamalı Zeybek	1964	Writer
Prangasız Mahkumlar	1964	Writer
Krallar Kralı	1965	Writer
Konyakçı	1965	Screenplay
Kasımpaşalı Recep	1965	Writer
Kovboy Ali	1966	Writer
Horse, Woman and Gun	1966	Writer
Eşrefpaşalı	1966	Writer
Law of the Border	1966	Writer
Çirkin Kral Affetmez	1967	Writer
Banus, the Horse Thief	1967	Writer
My Name Is Kerim	1967	Writer
Bullets Won't Touch Me	1967	Writer
Azrail Benim	1968	Writer
Bride of the Earth	1968	Writer
Nuri the Flea	1968	Writer
Nuri the Flea	1968	Producer
The Hungry Wolves	1969	Producer
The Hungry Wolves	1969	Writer
An Ugly Man	1969	Writer
Yedi Belalılar	1970	Screenplay
Live Target	1970	Screenplay
Hope	1970	Writer
Hope	1970	Producer
Private Osman	1970	Writer
Çirkin ve Cesur	1971	Writer
The Father	1971	Writer
Pain	1971	Writer
Fugitives	1971	Screenplay
The Warning	1971	Writer
Tomorrow is The Last Day	1971	Writer
The Profiteers	1971	Writer
The Warning	1971	Producer
The Profiteers	1971	Producer
The Hopeless Ones	1971	Writer
Elegy	1972	Writer
Elegy	1972	Producer
Anxiety	1974	Writer
Anxiety	1974	Producer
Friend	1974	Screenplay
Friend	1974	Writer
Certainly One Day	1975	Writer
Certainly One Day	1975	Producer
The Poor	1975	Screenplay
The Poor	1975	Producer
İzin	1975	Writer
Sürgün	1976	Writer
The Herd	1979	Writer
The Herd	1979	Producer
The Enemy	1980	Writer
The Enemy	1980	Producer
The Road	1982	Writer
The Wall	1983	Writer