
Yılmaz Güney
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

The Legend of the Ugly King
2017 • Self (archive footage)

Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney
2016 • Self (archive footage)

Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
2014 • Self (archive footage)
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
1995

We Called Him the Ugly King
1987 • Self (archive footage)

Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films
1987 • Self (archive footage)

Elegy
1985 • Çobanoğlu

Autour du mur
1983 • Self



















































































