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.

KNOWN FOR

Spécial cinéma
1983
Altın Koza
1969
Aynalar
1996
Kargacı Halil
1968
The Road
1982
Law of the Border
1966
Friend
1974
Hope
1970
Room 666
1985
İzin
1975
Sevgili Muhafızım
1970
Kovboy Ali
1966

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
98
Directing
27
Writing
50
Producing
12
Editing
1
2017
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Aynalar
1995
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
1987
We Called Him the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Elegy
as Çobanoğlu
1985
Room 666
as Self (voice)
1983
Autour du mur
as Self
1983
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1975
The Poor
as Abuzer
1975
İnce Memed Vuruldu
1974
Friend
as Azem
1972
Sahtekar
as Bülent Akif
1971
Çirkin ve Cesur
1971
Pain
as Çiçek Ali
1971
The Father
as Cemal
1971
The Hopeless Ones
as Firat
1971
Silah ve Namus
as İlyas
1971
The Profiteers
as Cesi
1971
Tomorrow is The Last Day
as Kara Çocuk
1971
Sezercik Yavrum Benim
as Self (Konuk Oyuncu)
1971
Fugitives
as Osman
1971
The Warning
as Doktor
1970
Şeytan Kayaları
as Ali
1970
Live Target
as Asim Mavzer
1970
Hope
as Cabbar
1970
Son Kızgın Adam
1970
Yedi Belalılar
as Banos
1970
Zeyno
as Murat
1970
Private Osman
as Piyade Osman
1970
Sevgili Muhafızım
as Mehmet Silvan
1969
The Hungry Wolves
as Serçe Memet
1969
Belanın Yedi Türlüsü
as Zaza Sehmuz
1969
Bin Defa Ölürüm
as Rıfat
1969
Kan Su Gibi Akacak
as Ali
1969
An Ugly Man
as Bino
1969
Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı
as Rıfat
1969
Güney Ölüm Saçıyor
as Güney
1969
Altın Koza
as Self - Winner
1968
Bride of the Earth
as Seyyit
1968
Aslan Bey
as Aslan Bey
1968
Azrail Benim
as Büyük Örfi
1968
Beyoğlu Canavarı
as Kadir
1968
Nuri the Flea
as Pire Nuri
1968
Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü
1968
Öldürmek Hakkımdır
1968
Kargacı Halil
as Halil
1967
Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Yadigar
1967
Kurbanlık Katil
as Mustafa
1967
Red River, Black Sheep
as Ali Haydar
1967
Kozanoğlu
as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
1967
Balatlı Arif
as Arif
1967
My Name Is Kerim
1967
Büyük Cellatlar
as Samil
1967
Kuduz Recep
as Kuduz Recep
1967
İnce Cumali
as Cumali
1967
Banus, the Horse Thief
1967
Çirkin Kral Affetmez
as Yusuf Dağcı
1967
Eşkıya Celladı
as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
1967
Şeytanın Oğlu
1966
Law of the Border
as Hıdır
1966
Silahların Kanunu
as Metin Demir
1966
The Ugly King
as Çirkin Kral
1966
Kovboy Ali
as Kovboy Ali
1966
Horse, Woman and Gun
as Yusufcuk
1966
Eşrefpaşalı
as Kudret
1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
as Yusuf
1966
Kibar Haydut
as Ali
1966
Ve Silahlara Veda
as Hikmet
1965
Torpido Yılmaz
as Yilmaz
1965
Kahreden Kurşun
as Metin
1965
Gönül Kuşu
1965
I Live When I Die
1965
Sayılı Kabadayılar
as Osman
1965
Tehlikeli Adam
1965
Dağların Oğlu
as Ahmet
1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı
as Turgut
1965
Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü
as Metin
1965
Krallar Kralı
as Murat
1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Yılmaz
1965
Konyakçı
as Konyakçı
1965
Kasımpaşalı Recep
as Recep
1965
Beyaz Atlı Adam
as Beyaz Atlı Adam
1964
Mor Defter
as Suphi
1964
Ten Fearless Men
as Konyakçı
1964
Prangasız Mahkumlar
as Rıfat
1964
Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası
as Kemal
1964
Kamalı Zeybek
as Kamali Zeybek
1964
Kara Şahin
as Sahin
1964
Zımba Gibi Delikanlı
as Yılmaz
1963
Both Were Brave
as Ali Duran
1961
Tatlı Bela
as Erdoğan
1960
Dolandırıcılar Şahı
as Benzinci Genç
1959
The Fallow Deer
as Halil
1959
Tütün Zamanı
as Cemal
1958
This Land's Children