Atıf Yılmaz

Directing

Born Dec 09, 1925

From Turkey

Died May 05, 2006

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.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

1995

Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris

Filmography — Crew

Atıf Yılmaz

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris

Filmography — Crew

Borrowed Bride

Three Friends

Köşeyi Dönen Adam

The Girl with the Red Scarf

Ateşten Damla

Baş Belası

Feyzo, The Polite One

Salako

The Hunchback

Güllü Geliyor Güllü

Vasfiye Is Her Name

Unmade Bed

Deli Kan

After the Fall

A Sip of Love

Mine

Beş Kardeştiler

Yasemin'in Tatlı Aşkı

A Lonely Woman

Talihli Amele

Erkek Ali

Köle

Battal Gazi Destanı

Aaahh Belinda

Two Ships Side by Side

The Lake

The Windmill

Kara Gözlüm

İbo and Güllüşah

Deli Yusuf

Mill Horse

Balatlı Arif

Çapkın Hırsız

The Raid

The Ballad of Ali of Keshan

Bitter Memories

Oh, Beautiful Istanbul

My Dreams, My Love, and You

Hürmüz with Seven Husbands

Devil, My Friend

Beş Hasta Var

The Fallow Deer

Şimal Yıldızı

Kızıl Vazo

Zeyno

Tuzak

Hasip and Nasip

Walking After Midnight

Sugar Pie Lady

Tatlı Bela

Nihavend Mucize

How to Save Asiye

Menekşe Gözler

Öp Annenin Elini

The Death Curtain

The Second Wife

The Poor

The Sacrifice

Persecution

Cemile: Yalancı

Suçlu

Ne Olacak Şimdi

Yangın

Pembe Kadın

Güllü

Köroğlu

The Forgotten Woman

Sayılı Dakikalar

Mağlup Edilemeyenler

Aşktan da Üstün

Fire Piece

The Night, Angel and Our Children

Nebahat The Driver

Blind Man's Bluff

Kozanoğlu