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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 screenplays for 53 movies and produced 28 movies from 1951 right up till his death in 2006. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish film industry.


Early life

Atıf Yılmaz was born on 9 December 1925 in
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, Turkey to a Kurdish family originally from Palu. After finishing high school in Mersin, he attended the Law School of
Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...
. 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.


Film career

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 ''Kanlı Feryat'' (''The Bloody Cry''). In 1960, he established his film company "Yerli Film" with the actor Orhan Günşıray. The most important movies in his filmography were: ''Hıçkırık'' (''The Sob''), ''Alageyik'' (''The Fallow Deer''), ''Suçlu'' (''The Guilty One''), ''Seni Kaybedersem'' (''If I Lose You''), ''Yaban Gülü'' (''The Wild Rose''), ''Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' (''Kesanli Ali's Epic''), ''Taçsız Kral'' (''The Crownless King''), ''Toprağın Kanı'' (''Blood of the Earth''), ''Ölüm Tarlası'' (''Death Field''), ''Utanç'' (''The Shame''), ''Zavallılar'' (''The Poor People''), ''Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım'' (''My Girl with the Red Scarf''), ''Baskin'' (''The Raid''), ''Adak'' (''The Sacrifice''), ''Bir Yudum Sevgi'' (''A Sip of Love''), ''Adı Vasfiye'' (''Her Name is Vasfiye''), ''Berdel, Düş Gezginleri'' (''Walking After Midnight''), ''Eylül Fırtınası'' (''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. Atıf Yılmaz played an important role in the professional career of notable Turkish film directors like
Halit RefiÄŸ Halit RefiÄŸ (5 March 1934 – 11 October 2009) was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He is considered to be the pioneer of th ...
, Yılmaz Güney,
Şerif Gören Şerif Gören (, 1 July 1944 – 8 December 2024) was a Turkish film director. Aside from important films under his own signature, he was also the winner of the Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") award in Cannes Film Festival in 1982 for the film '' Yol ...
, 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.


Filmography


Director

* ''Kanlı Feryad'' (''The Bloody Cry'') - 1951 * ''Mezarımı Taştan Oyun'' - 1951 * ''İki Kafadar Deliler Pansiyonunda'' - 1952 * ''Aşk Izdırabtır'' - 1953 * ''Hıçkırık'' (''The Sob'') - 1953 * ''Şimal Yıldızı'' (''The North Star'') - 1954 * ''Kadın Severse'' (''If a Woman Loves'') - 1955 * ''Dağları Bekleyen Kız'' (''The Girl Who Watched the Mountains'') - 1955 * ''İlk Ve Son'' (''The First and the Last'') - 1955 * ''Beş Hasta Var'' (''There Are Five Patients'') - 1956 * ''Gelinin Muradı'' - 1957 * ''Bir Şoförün Gizli Defteri'' - 1958 * ''Yaşamak Hakkımdır'' - 1958 * ''Kumpanya'' - 1958 * ''Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası'' - 1959 * ''Bu Vatanın Çocukları'' (T''his Land's Children'') - 1959 * ''Ala Geyik'' (''The Fallow Deer'') - 1959 * ''Ayşecik Şeytan Çekici'' (''Aysecik: Bright Kid'') - 1960 * ''Suçlu'' (''The Guilty One'') - 1960 * ''Dolandırıcılar Şahı'' (''The King of Swindlers'') - 1960 * ''Ölüm Perdesi'' (''The Death Curtain'') - 1960 * Seni Kaybedersem (''If I Lose You'') - 1961 * ''Tatlı Bela'' (''The Sweet Calamity'') - 1961 * ''Kızıl Vazo'' (''The Red Vase'') - 1961 * ''Allah Cezanı Versin Osman Bey'' - 1961 * ''Battı Balık'' - 1962 * ''Beş Kardeştiler'' - 1962 * ''Bir Gecelik Gelin'' - 1962 * ''Cengiz Han'ın Hazineleri'' (''Treasures of Genghis Khan'') - 1962 * ''İki Gemi Yanyana'' (''Two Ships, Side by Side'') - 1963 * ''Azrailin Habercisi'' (''The Messenger of Death'') - 1963 * ''Yarın Bizimdir'' - 1963 * ''Kalbe Vuran Düşman'' - 1964 * ''Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' (''Kesanli Ali's Epic'') - 1964 * ''Erkek Ali'' - 1964 * ''Sayılı Dakikalar'' - 1965 * ''Hep O Şarkı'' - 1965 * ''Taçsız Kral'' (''The Crownless King'') - 1965 * ''Murat'ın Türküsü'' - 1965 * ''Sevgilim Bir Artistti'' - 1966 * ''Toprağın Kanı'' (''The Blood of the Earth'') - 1966 * ''Ah Güzel İstanbul'' (''Oh Beautiful Istanbul'') - 1966 * ''Ölüm Tarlası'' (''The Death Field'') - 1966] * ''Pembe Kadın'' - 1966 * ''Harun Reşid'ın Gözdesi'' - 1967 * ''Balatlı Arif'' - 1967 * ''Kozanoğlu'' - 1967 * ''Yasemin'ın Tatlı Aşkı'' - 1968 * Cemile - 1968 * ''Köroğlu'' - 1968 * ''Kızıl Vazo'' - 1969 * ''Kölen Olayım'' - 1969 * ''Menekşe Gözler'' - 1969 * ''Aşktan da Üstün'' - 1970 * ''Zeyno'' - 1970 * ''Kara Gözlüm'' - 1970 * ''Darıldın Mı Cicim Bana'' - 1970 * '' Battal Gazi Destanı'' - 1971 * ''Ateş Parçası'' - 1971 * ''Unutulan Kadın'' - 1971 * ''Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz'' - 1971 * '' Güllü'' - 1972 * ''Cemo'' - 1972 * ''Utanç'' (''Shame'') - 1972 * ''Köle'' - 1972 * ''Zulüm'' - 1972 * ''Gelinlik Kızlar'' - 1972 * ''Günahsızlar'' - 1972 * ''Kambur'' - 973 * ''Güllü Geliyor Güllü'' - 1973 * ''Mevlana'' - 1973 * ''Zavallılar'' (''The Poor People'' or''The Suffering Ones'') - 1974 * ''Kuma'' - 1974 * ''Salako'' - 1974 * ''İşte Hayat'' - 1975 * ''Çapkın Hırsız'' - 1975 * '' Deli Yusuf'' - 1975 * ''Hasip İle Nasip'' - 1976 * ''Baş Belası'' - 1976 * ''Tuzak'' - 1976 * ''Mağlup Edilemeyenler'' - 1976 * ''Baskın'' (''The Raid'') - 1977 * ''Yangın'' - 1977 * ''Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım'' (''My Girl with the Red Scarf'') - 1977 * ''Acı Hatıralar'' - 1977 * ''Güllüşah İle İbo'' - 1977 * ''Seyahatname'' - 1977 * '' Kibar Feyzo'' - 1978] * ''Minik Serçe'' (''The Little Sparrow'') - 1978 * ''Köşeyi Dönen Adam'' - 1978 * ''İnsan Avcısı'' (''Heart of a Father'') - 1979 * ''Adak'' (''The Sacrifice'') - 1979 * ''N'Olacak Şimdi'' - 1979 * ''Talihli Amele'' - 1980 * ''Deli Kan'' - 1981 * ''Dolap Beygiri'' - 1982 * '' Mine (1983 film), Mine'' - 1983 * ''Seni Seviyorum'' - 1983 * '' Şekerpare'' - 1983 * ''Bir Yudum Sevgi'' (''A Sip of Love'') - 1984 * ''Dağınık Yatak'' - 1984 * ''Adı Vasfiye'' (''Her Name is Vasfiye'') - 1985 * ''Dul Bir Kadın'' - 1985 * ''Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur'' - 1986 * (''The Windmill'') - 1986 * '' Aaahh Belinda'' - 1986 * ''Kadının Adı Yok'' - 1987 * ''Hayallerim, Aşkım Ve Sen'' - 1987 * '' Devil, My Friend'' - 1988 * ''Ölü Bir Deniz'' - 1989 * ''Berdel'' - 1990 * ''Bekle Dedim Gölgeye'' - 1990 * ''Safiyedir Kızın Adı'' - 1991 * '' Walking After Midnight'' - 1992 * ''Tatlı Betüş'' - 1993 * ''Gece, Melek Ve Bizim Çocuklar'' - 1993 * ''Yer Çekimli Aşklar'' - 1995 * ''Nihavend Mucize'' - 1997 * ''Eylül Fırtınası'' (''After the Fall'') - 1999 * ''Eğreti Gelin'' - 2004


Producer

* ''Dolandırıcılar Şahı'' (''The King of Swindlers'') - 1960 * ''Seni Kaybedersem'' (''If I Lose You'') - 1961 * ''Allah Cezanı Versin Osman Bey'' - 1961 * ''Cengiz Han'ın Hazineleri'' (''Treasures of Genghis Khan'') - 1962 * ''Azrailin Habercisi'' (''The Messenger of Death'') - 1963] * ''Yarın Bizimdir'' - 1963 * ''Toprağın Kanı'' (''The Blood of the Earth'') - 1966 * ''Maden'' - 1978 * ''Minik Serçe'' - 1978 * ''Adak'' - 1979 * ''Talihli Amele'' - 1980 * ''Deli Kan'' - 1981 * ''Göl'' - 1982 * ''Mine'' - 1982 * ''Seni Seviyorum'' - 1983 * ''Bir Yudum Sevgi'' - 1984 * ''Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur'' - 1986 * ''Ölü Bir Deniz'' - 1989 * ''İçimizden Biri: Yunus Emre'' (TV) - 1989 * ''Safiyedir Kızın Adı'' - 1991 * ''Düş Gezginleri'' - 1992 * ''Mozaik'' - 1992 * ''Gece, Melek Ve Bizim Çocuklar'' - 1993 * ''Nihavend Mucize'' - 1997 * ''Eylül Fırtınası'' (''After the Fall'') - 1999 * ''Sıdıka'' - 2000 * ''Şıh Senem'' - 2003


Screenwriter

* ''Kanlı Feryad'' - 1951 * ''İki Kafadar Deliler Pansiyonunda'' - 1952 * ''Aşk Izdırabtır'' - 1953 * ''Hıçkırık'' - 1953 * ''Dağları Bekleyen Kız'' - 1955 * ''İlk Ve Son'' - 1955 * ''Kadın Severse'' - 1955 * ''Beş Hasta Var'' - 1956 * ''Gelinin Muradı'' - 1957 * ''Bir Şoförün Gizli Defteri'' - 1958 * ''Çoban Kızı'' - 1958 * ''Kumpanya'' - 1958 * ''Yaşamak Hakkımdır'' - 1958 * ''Üç Arkadaş'' - 1958 * ''Bu Vatanın Çocukları'' - 1959] * ''Ala Geyik'' - 1959 * ''Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası'' - 1959 * ''Şoför Nebahat'' - 1960 * ''Ateşten Damla'' - 1960] * ''Suçlu'' - 1960 * ''Seni Kaybedersem'' - 1961 * ''Yaban Gülü'' - 1961 * ''İki Gemi Yanyana'' - 1963 * ''Öp Annemin Elini'' - 1964 * ''Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' - 1964 * ''Murat'ın Türküsü'' - 1965 * ''Yasemin'ın Tatlı Aşkı'' - 1968 * ''Kızıl Vazo'' - 1969 * ''Ateş Parçası'' - 1971 * ''Battal Gazi Destanı'' - 1971 * ''Zavallılar'' - 1974 * ''Kuma'' - 1974 * ''Deli Yusuf'' - 1975 * ''Mağlup Edilemeyenler'' - 1976 * ''Güllüşah İle İbo'' - 1977 * ''Minik Serçe'' - 1978 * ''N'Olacak Şimdi'' - 1979 * ''Zübük'' - 1980 * ''Deli Kan'' - 1981 * ''Mine'' - 1982 * ''Dolap Beygiri'' - 1982 * ''Bir Yudum Sevgi'' - 1984 * ''Dul Bir Kadın'' - 1985 * ''Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur'' - 1986 * ''Kadının Adı Yok'' - 1987 * ''Arkadaşım Şeytan'' - 1988 * ''Ölü Bir Deniz'' - 1989 * ''Berdel'' - 1990 * ''Safiyedir Kızın Adı'' - 1991 * ''Düş Gezginleri'' - 1992 * ''Tatlı Betüş'' - 1993 * ''Eğreti Gelin'' - 2004


Awards


Prizes

* Society of Journalists Turkish Film Festival, 1959, ''This Land's Children'', Best Director * 2nd
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...
, 1965, ''Kesanli Ali's Epic'', Best Director * 2nd
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...
, 1965, ''Kesanli Ali's Epic'', Runner-Up Film * 9th
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...
, 1972, ''Zulüm'', Best Director * 13th
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...
, 1976, ''Deli Yusuf'', Best Director * 15th
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...
, 1978, ''My Girl with the Red Scarf'', Best Director * 21st
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...
, 1984, ''A Sip of Love'', Best Director *
Istanbul International Film Festival The Istanbul Film Festival () is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its reg ...
, 1985, ''A Sip of Love'', Best Turkish Film of the Year *
Istanbul International Film Festival The Istanbul Film Festival () is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its reg ...
, 1986, ''Her Name is Vasfiye'', Best Turkish Film of the Year * 23rd
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...
, 1986, ''Ah! Belinda'', Best Director * 10th
Istanbul International Film Festival The Istanbul Film Festival () is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its reg ...
, 1991, Honorary Award * Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema, 1991, ''Berdel'', Golden Palm for Best Film * 6th Adana Altın Koza Film Festival, 1992, ''Berdel'', Runner-Up Film * 33rd
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...
, 1996, Honour of Lifetime Award * 14th Moscow International Film Festival, 1985, Golden Prize nomination (''Mine'')


Honorary doctorate

* 1991 Hacettepe University


Books

* ''Söylemek Güzeldir'', Afa Yayınları, May 1995 * ''Bir Sinemacının Anıları'', Doğan Kitapçılık, January 2002


References


External links

*
Sabancı University School of Languages Podcasts - Farewell to a filmmaker: Atıf Yılmaz

Turkish Daily News - Farewell to Master of the Masters
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yilmaz, Atif 1925 births Turkish film directors Turkish male screenwriters Turkish film producers Turkish people of Kurdish descent Turkish Kurdish people 2006 deaths Best Director Golden Orange Award winners Golden Orange Life Achievement Award winners People from Mersin Kurdish atheists 20th-century Turkish screenwriters Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Golden Boll Life Achievement Award winners