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Yılmaz Güney (né Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made from a far-left perspective and devoted to the plight of working-class people in Turkey.
Yılmaz Güney veya doğum adıyla Yılmaz Pütün (1 Nisan 1937; Yenice, Adana - 9 Eylül 1984; Paris), Türk oyuncu, yönetmen, senarist, yapımcı, yazar ve aktivisttir. Güney, Türk film endüstrisinde hızla öne çıkmış, eserlerinin birçoğunu sol perspektiften yapmış ve bunları Türkiye 'deki işçi sınıfı ...
Yilmaz Güney. Writer: The Road. Güney and his work were almost entirely unknown outside of his homeland Turkey until his 1981 escape from imprisonment in Turkey and his "discovery" the following year at the Cannes Film Festival for his autobiographical screenplay for The Road (1982), the festival's grand prize winner.
Apr 5, 2022 · Güney, who had been incarcerated based on an allegation of shooting a judge back in 1974 and who made a prison escape in 1981 to flee to France, died of cancer on 9 September 1984, a month after he spoke to Benge. In her introduction, Benge starts by saying: “Yılmaz Güney spoke to me, from his exile, at a secret location in Paris on 9 August 1984.
Yilmaz Güney is one of the most important and influential figures in Kurdish cinema and was perhaps the first Kurdish director to depict the Kurdish identity in Turkish cinema. He captured the essence of Kurdish life with his style and approach, while also using it as a metaphor for Turkish society.
Birçok ödüle layık bulunmuş olan Yılmaz Güney, ülkemizde politik sinema denilince akla ilk gelen isimlerden olmuştur. Sanatını şu sözlerle ifade eder: “Ben bir kavga adamıyım. Sinemam da bir kavganın, halkımın kurtuluş kavgasının sinemasıdır.”. Yılmaz Güney. Yönetmen & Yazar.
Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor who was active from 1958 to 1983. He rose to early prominence as an actor, then as a director. Many of his films were devoted to the plight of ordinary working-class people.
