Çetin İnanç (Born in

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on 12 September 1941) is a Turkish film director who has directed movies for the past five decades. He is infamously known as the director of '' Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982), aka'' "Turkish Star Wars"

Biography

Inanç spent his youth pursuing a career in

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, and later abandoned his career. He began his cinema career as the assistant of well-known Turkish director

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. In 1967 he made his first movie ''Çelik Bilek'' based on an

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character. He quickly moved into the niche market of producing

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, but was dissuaded from that path as military took over in

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and passed several censorship laws against adult movies. Among his erotic films, the most notorious is '' Bal Badem'' (1978), starring Zerrin Egeliler, one of the most famous Turkish actresses of the 1970s. His next venture was action movies, including his most famous work ''

Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam ''Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam'' (English: ''The Man Who Saves The World'') is a 1982 Turkish science fantasy martial arts superhero adventure film directed by Çetin İnanç, and starring actor/martial artist Cüneyt Arkın. It was first released i ...

'' ( English: "The Man Who Saved The World"), a low-budget space saga infamously dubbed the "Turkish ''

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''". Today, Çetin İnanç continues to direct, although his passion has since been funnelled into Turkish television programmes likes ''Çılgın Bediş'' and the more recent '' Karaoğlan''. He was nicknamed as "jet director" in Turkish cinema circles since he shot most of his films in around 10 days.

Filmography

* Killing Canilere Karşı - 1967 * Çelik Bilek - 1967 * Kral Kim - 1968 * Kızıl Maske - 1968 * Asi Kabadayı - 1969 * Asrın Kralı - 1969 * Demir Pençe - 1969 * Demir Pençe Casuslar Savaşı - 1969 * Devlerin Öcü - 1969 * Garibanlar Mahallesi - 1969 * Hedefte Vuruşanlar - 1969 * Ölüm Şart Oldu - 1970 * Altın Tabancalı Ajan - 1970 * Hoş Memo - 1970 * Püsküllü Bela - 1970 * Kanıma Kan İsterim - 1970 * Kiralık Katiller - 1970 * Kralların Kaderi Değişmez - 1970 * Çeko - 1970 * Cehennemde Şenlik Var - 1970 * Ölüm Çemberi - 1970 * Kara Memed - 1971 * Allah Benimle - 1971 * Avare Kalbim - 1971 * Zehir Hafiye - 1971 * Ölüm Bana Vız Gelir - 1971 * Şerefimle Yaşarım - 1971 * Cemo İle Cemile - 1971 * Hedefte İmzam Var - 1971 * Kinova - 1971 * Bombala Oski Bombala - 1972 * Kamçılı Kadın - 1972 * Kan Dökmez Remzi - 1972 * Kara Şeytan - 1972 * Tophaneli Murat - 1972 * Fosforlu Melek - 1972 * Görevimiz Tehlike - 1972 * Çapkın Hafiye - 1972 * Ölüm Benden Korksun * Üç Silahşörler - 1972 * Üç Silahşörlerin İntikamı - 1972 * Affedilmeyenler - 1972 * Beddua / Günahsız Kadın - 1973 * Bilal-i Habeşi - 1973 * Dağ Kurdu - 1973 * Destan - 1973 * Kader Çıkmazı - 1973 * Kara Haydar - 1973 * Maceraya Bayılırım - 1973 * Mağrur Ve Cesur - 1973 * Sevginin Bedeli - 1973 * Yunus Emre Destanı - 1973 * Bahriyeli Kemal - 1974 * Karaların Ali - 1974 * Reşo: Vatan İçin - 1974 * Yolsuzlar - 1974 * İntikam - 1974 * Şehitler - 1974 * Ah Ne Adem Dilli Badem - 1975 * Bana Beş Avrat Yetmez - 1975 * Halime'nin Kızları - 1975 * Kral Benim - 1975 * Sefer Seferde - 1975 * Seveceksen Sev Artık - 1975 * Sıra Sende Yosma - 1975 * Çapkınım Hovardayım - 1975 * Şipşak Basarım - 1975 * Cezanı Çekeceksin - 1976 * Eden Bulur - 1976 * Gurbetçiler Dönüyor - 1976 * Günah - 1976 * Kader Bu - 1976 * Kanundan Kaçamazsın - 1976 * Kaybolan Saadet - 1976 * Kayıkçının Küreği - 1976 * Korkunç Şüphe - 1976 * Kıvrıl Fakat Kırılma - 1976 * Sokak Kadını - 1976 * Yumurtanın Sarısı - 1976 * Söyleyin Anama Ağlamasın - 1976 * Yalan - 1976 * İşler Karıştı / Zühtü - 1976 * Akdeniz Kartalı - 1976 * Aşk Dönemeci - 1976 * Enayiler Kralı - 1976 * Garip - 1977 * Gönül Ferman Dinlemez - 1977 * Son Gülen Tam Güler - 1977 * Vur Gözünün Üstüne - 1977 * Yaşamak Güzel Şey - 1977 * Çifte Nikah - 1977 * Aşkın Kanunu - 1978 * Aşkın Sıcaklığı - 1978 * Bir Daha Affetmem - 1978 * El Bebek Gül Bebek - 1978 * Ilık Dudaklar - 1978 * Kalp Kalbe Karşıdır - 1978 * Ya Şundadır Ya Bunda - 1978 * Yüz Karası - 1978 * Ne Olacak Şimdi - 1978 * Zor Oyunu Bozar - 1978 * Seven Unutmaz - 1978 * Çıldırtan Kadın / Sevmek mi Öl... - 1978 * Ölüm Yarışı - 1979 * Afferin Çocuğa - 1979 * Bal Badem - 1979 * Hayat Kadını / Sürtük - 1979 * Püsküllü Bela / Dilberim Kıyma... - 1979 * Seven Sevene - 1979 * Aşk Pınarı - 1981 * Hamaylı Boynundayım - 1981 * Kara Bahtım - 1981 * Seviyorum Allahım - 1981 * Su - 1981 * Dört Yanım Cehennem - 1982 * Bizim Mahalle - 1982 * Kelepçe - 1982 * Kimsesizler - 1982 * Gırgır Ali - 1982 * Son Savaşçı - 1982 *

- 1982 * Ölümsüz - 1982 * Ölüme Son Adım - 1983 * Çöl - 1983 * En Büyük Yumruk - 1983 * Erkekçe - 1983 * İdamlık - 1983 * Vahşi Kan - 1983 * İntikam Benim - 1983 * Aç Kartallar - 1984 * Ölüm Savaşçısı - 1984 * Yetim Emrah - 1984 * Dev Kanı - 1984 * Deli Fişek - 1984 * Kara Şimşek 1 - 1985 * Kaplanlar - 1985 * Bin Defa Ölürüm - 1985 * Son Darbe - 1985 * Asi Kabadayı - 1986 * Korkusuz - 1986 * Ölüm Vuruşu - 1986 * İntikamcı - 1986 * 11 Ayın Sultanı Ramazan - 1987 * Polis - 1992 (TV series) * Kumarbaz - 1993 (TV series) * Merhamet - 1993 (TV series) * Şişeler - 1993 (TV series) * Uyuşturucu - 1994 (TV series) * Kızım Osman - 1998 (TV series)

References

External links

* * My Space profile: http://www.myspace.com/cetininanc * Kamera Arkası profile: https://web.archive.org/web/20080422063507/http://www.kameraarkasi.org/yonetmenler/cc/cetininanc.html (in Turkish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Inanc, Cetin Inanç, Çetin Inanc, Cetin Inanç, Çetin Inanç, Çetin