Atıf Yılmaz
Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in most every period of the Turkish film industry.
After finishing high school in Mersin, he attended the Law School of Istanbul University. Because of his interest in arts, he dropped out of Law School and entered the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. After graduating from the Academy, he did some painting works in workshops. His education in painting helped him when he was directing his movies, as he once remarked. In the beginning, he worked as a film critic, made paintings and wrote film scripts to earn a living. After co-directing two movies as an assistant director to Semih Evin in 1950, his directing career began with the film Kanli Feryat (The Bloody Cry). In 1960, he established his film company "Yerli Film" with the actor Orhan Günsiray.
The most important movies in his filmography were: Hickirik (The Sob), Alageyik (The Fallow Deer), Suclu (The Guilty One), Seni Kaybedersem (If I Lose You), Yaban Gülü (The Wild Rose), Kesanli Ali Destani (Kesanli Ali's Epic), Tacsiz Kral (The Crownless King), Topragin Kani (Blood of the Earth), Olum Tarlasi (Death Field), Utanc (The Shame), Zavallilar (The Poor People), Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalim (My Girl with the Red Scarf), Baskin (The Raid), Adak (The Sacrifice), Bir Yudum Sevgi (A Sip of Love), Adi Vasfiye (Her Name is Vasfiye), Berdel, Düs Gezginleri (Walking After Midnight), Eylül Firtinasi (After the Fall) and Mine.
He made movies that were both fluent and had mainly social messages. Most of the themes of his movies were taboo when they were produced. Particularly "Mine" and "Her Name is Vasfiye" were both revolutionary at the time of their release with themes regarding sexuality and the reaction of society.
He never gave up making movies throughout his life and even in the time when the industry stopped filmmaking due to economic reasons.
Atif Yilmaz played an important role in the professional career of notable Turkish film directors like Halit Refig, Yilmaz Güney, Serif Gören, Zeki Ökten and Ali Özgentürk.
During the Antalya Film Festival in September 2005, he was admitted to hospital with gastro-intestinal complaints. He died on 5 May 2006 in Istanbul.
Fotos
Películas (127)
Borrowed Bride
2005 · Director
After the Fall
1999 · Director
Nihavend Mucize
1997 · Director
Loves with Gravity: Turkish Sweets
1996 · Director
Loves with Gravity
1996 · Director
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
1995
The Night, Angel and Our Children
1994 · Director
Walking After Midnight
1992 · Director, Screenplay
Bekle Dedim Gölgeye
1991 · Director
Berdel
1990 · Director
A Dead Sea
1989 · Director
The Woman Has No Name
1988 · Director, Screenplay
Devil, My Friend
1988 · Director, Writer
My Dreams, My Love, and You
1987 · Director
How to Save Asiye
1987 · Director
Aaahh Belinda
1986 · Director
The Windmill
1986 · Director
Vasfiye Is Her Name
1985 · Director
A Lonely Woman
1985 · Director, Screenplay
Desperate Road
1985 · Producer
Blind Man's Bluff
1985 · Producer
A Sip of Love
1984 · Director, Writer, Producer
Unmade Bed
1984 · Director
I Love You
1983 · Director
Sugar Pie Lady
1983 · Director
Mill Horse
1982 · Director, Writer
The Lake
1982 · Producer
Mine
1982 · Director, Screenplay
Deli Kan
1981 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
The Sacrifice
1980 · Director
Zübük
1980 · Scenario Writer
Talihli Amele
1980 · Producer, Director
Ne Olacak Şimdi
1979 · Director
The Little Sparrow
1979 · Director, Screenplay
The Man Who Strikes Gold
1978 · Director
Feyzo, The Polite One
1978 · Director
The Girl with the Red Scarf
1977 · Director
The Raid
1977 · Director, Writer
Yangın
1977 · Director
İbo and Güllüşah
1977 · Writer, Director
Bitter Memories
1977 · Director
Hasip and Nasip
1976 · Director
Mağlup Edilemeyenler
1976 · Director, Writers' Production
Baş Belası
1976 · Director
Tuzak
1976 · Director
Çapkın Hırsız
1975 · Director
The Poor
1975 · Director, Screenplay
Deli Yusuf
1975 · Director, Writer
İşte Hayat
1975 · Director
Salako
1974 · Director
The Second Wife
1974 · Director, Writer
The Hunchback
1973 · Director
Güllü is Coming
1973 · Director
Gönüller Sultanı: Mevlana
1973 · Director
Cemo
1972 · Director
Günahsızlar
1972 · Director
Utanç
1972 · Director
Köle
1972 · Director
Gelinlik Kızlar
1972 · Director
Persecution
1972 · Director
The Legend of Battal Gazi
1971 · Director, Screenplay
Fire Piece
1971 · Director, Scenario Writer
Hürmüz with Seven Husbands
1971 · Director
The Forgotten Woman
1971 · Director
Güllü
1971 · Director, Writer
Zeyno
1970 · Director
Darıldın mı Cicim Bana
1970 · Director
Kara Gözlüm
1970 · Director
Aşktan da Üstün
1970 · Director
Kızıl Vazo
1969 · Director
Kölen Olayım
1969 · Director
Menekşe Gözler
1969 · Director
Yasemin'in Tatlı Aşkı
1968 · Writer, Director
Köroğlu
1968 · Director
Cemile: Yalancı
1968 · Director
Balatlı Arif
1967 · Director
Kozanoğlu
1967 · Director
Harun Reşid'in Gözdesi
1967 · Director
Oh, Beautiful Istanbul
1966 · Director
Pembe Kadın
1966 · Director
Sevgilim Artist Olunca
1966 · Director
Ölüm Tarlası
1966 · Director
Toprağın Kanı
1966 · Director
Sayılı Dakikalar
1965 · Director
Taçsız Kral
1965 · Director
Hep O Şarkı
1965 · Director
Murad'ın Türküsü
1965 · Director, Screenplay
Öp Annenin Elini
1964 · Writer
Halk Çocuğu
1964 · Writer
The Saga of Ali of Keshan
1964 · Director, Writer
Erkek Ali
1964 · Director
Kalbe Vuran Düşman
1964 · Director
Yarın Bizimdir
1963 · Director, Producer
Two Ships Side by Side
1963 · Director
The Messenger of Death
1963 · Director, Co-Producer
Cengiz Han'ın Hazineleri
1962 · Director, Producer
Beş Kardeştiler
1962 · Director
Battı Balık
1962 · Director
Yaban Gülü
1961 · Writer
Allah Cezanı Versin Osman Bey
1961 · Director
Tatlı Bela
1961 · Director
The Death Curtain
1960 · Director
Dolandırıcılar Şahı
1960 · Director, Producer
Suçlu
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Ateşten Damla
1960 · Screenplay
Aysecik: Şeytan Çekici
1960 · Director
Nebahat The Driver
1959 · Writer
Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası
1959 · Director, Screenplay
The Fallow Deer
1959 · Director, Screenplay
A driver's secret notebook
1958 · Writer, Director
Three Friends
1958 · Screenplay
This Land's Children
1958 · Director, Screenplay
Kumpanya
1958 · Director
Yaşamak Hakkımdır
1958 · Director, Screenplay
Beş Hasta Var
1957 · Director, Screenplay
The Bride's Murat
1957 · Director, Writer
İlk Ve Son
1955 · Director, Screenplay
Kadın Severse
1955 · Director, Screenplay
Şimal Yıldızı
1954 · Director
The Sob
1953 · Director, Screenplay
Aşk Istıraptır
1953 · Director, Screenplay
İki Kafadar Deliler Pansiyonunda
1952 · Director, Screenplay
The Bloody Cry
1951 · Director, Scenario Writer
Mezarımı Taştan Oyun
1951 · Director
The Magic Treasure
1950 · Assistant Director
God Bless
1950 · Assistant Director
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