Metin Erksan
Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012), born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, was a Turkish film director and art historian.
Metin Erksan gained success with films depicting the problems of people from the countryside he adopted from the literature. Susuz Yaz won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, Germany. Yılanların Öcü (1962) was awarded in 1966 at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. He was named "Best Director" with his film Kuyu (1968) at the first edition of International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Along with renowned film director Halit Refiğ, he was credited as the representative of the national cinema in Turkey.
From 1970 on, he directed films aimed for commercial success. In 1974-1975, he filmed five Turkish stories (Hanende Melek by Sabahattin Ali, Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Bir İntihar by Samet Ağaoğlu, Müthiş Bir Tren by Sait Faik Abasıyanık and Sazlık by Hulusi Koray) as short films for television. His 1977 film The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1974 horror movie Şeytan is known as the "Turkish Exorcist" due to the movies' similar plots.
He directed 42 films, 2 of which he produced himself; and he wrote the scripts of 29 films. He also starred in the 1998 film Alim Hoca as the title character.
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Movies (46)
Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
2019 · Self
Ölümün Ağzı
1996 · Story
Fırtına Gönüller
1984 · Writer
I Cannot Live Without You
1977 · Director, Writer
Wild Lover
1977 · Screenplay
The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet
1976 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
Melek The Singer
1975 · Director, Screenplay
Dresses Of Times Past
1975 · Director
A Suicide
1975 · Director
The Reeds
1975 · Director, Screenplay
A Horrible Train
1975 · Director, Screenplay
The Exorcist
1974 · Director
Dağdan İnme
1973 · Director, Writer
Süreyya
1972 · Director, Screenplay
The Bald Boy and Cankiz
1972 · Director
Feride
1971 · Writer, Director
Makber
1971 · Director
Hicran
1971 · Screenplay, Director
Eyvah
1970 · Director
Sevenler Ölmez
1970 · Director
The Well
1969 · Director, Screenplay
Hot Gypsy
1969 · Director
Dağlar Kızı Reyhan
1969 · Director
İki Hikayeli Film: İki Günahsız Kız - Yılın Kadını Değil
1969 · Director, Screenplay
Ayrılsak da Beraberiz
1967 · Director
The Immortal Love
1966 · Screenplay, Director
Time to Love
1965 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Guilty Are Among Us
1964 · Screenplay, Director
İstanbul Kaldırımları
1964 · Screenplay, Director
Dry Summer
1963 · Director, Writer
Çifte Kumrular
1962 · Director
Sahte Nikah
1962 · Director
Acı Hayat
1962 · Director, Screenplay
Revenge of the Snakes
1962 · Screenplay, Director
Mahalle Arkadaşları
1961 · Director, Writer
Oy Farfara Farfara
1961 · Director
Beyond the Nights
1960 · Screenplay, Director
Nebahat The Driver
1959 · Director, Writer
Binnaz
1959 · Scenario Writer
Hicran Yarası
1959 · Director, Screenplay
Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor
1958 · Screenplay, Director
Three Friends
1958 · Screenplay
The Abandoned Documents of a Dead Woman
1956 · Screenplay, Director
Yolpalas Cinayeti
1955 · Director, Screenplay
Cingöz Recai: White Hell
1954 · Director, Screenplay
The Dark World
1953 · Director
