Metin Erksan
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Metin Erksan is a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 film director
Film director
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 and art historian.

Biography

He studied art history
Art history
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 at Istanbul University
Istanbul University
Istanbul University is a Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square.- Synopsis :A madrasa, a religious school, was established sometime in the 15th century after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. An institution of higher education named the...

. He directed 42 films, 2 of which he produced himself; and he wrote the scripts of 29 films. He also starred in the 1998 film Alim Hoca as the title character.

Awards

  • At the Competition of Turkish Films 1961 (Türk Filmleri Yarışması, 1961), he won the Best Script award for the film Gecelerin Ötesi (Beyond Nights).
  • In 1964 he won the Golden Bear
    Golden Bear
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     award at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival
    14th Berlin International Film Festival
    The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1964.-Jury:* Anthony Mann * Hermann Schwerin* Lucas Demare* Jacques Doniol-Valcroze* Yorgos Javellas* Richard Todd* Takashi Hamama* Gerd Ressing...

     for the film Susuz Yaz
    Susuz Yaz
    Dry Summer is a 1964 black-and-white Turkish drama film, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan based on a novel by Necati Cumalı, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco farmer, who selfishly dams a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his competitors. It is also available in an...

    (Dry Summer), starring Hülya Koçyiğit
    Hülya Koçyigit
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     and Erol Taş
    Erol Taş
    Erol Taş was a Turkish film actor. He appeared in 220 films between 1957 and 1998. He starred in the 1964 film Susuz Yaz, which won the Golden Bear at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival....

    , adapted from a short novel by Necati Cumalı
    Necati Cumali
    Necati Cumalı was a Turkish writer of novels, short-stories, essays and poetry. He was born in Florina, Greece, and his family had settled in Urla near İzmir in the framework of the 1923 agreement for the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.-Biography:He grew up in Urla and did his...

    .
  • At the 1st İzmir
    Izmir
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     International Fair Film Festival of 1965, he won the award for Best Directing for the film Suçlular Aramızda (The guilty is among us).
  • At the 1st Adana
    Adana
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     Golden Cocoon Film Festival in 1969, he won the award for Best Directing and the Best Film for the film Kuyu (Well).
  • At the 24th Antalya
    Antalya
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     Film Festival in 1987, he received the Honor Award.

Filmography

  • Karanlık Dünya / Aşık Veysel'ın Hayatı 1952
  • Beyaz Cehennem / Cingöz Recai 1954
  • Yol Palas Cinayeti 1955
  • Ölmüş Bir Kadının Evrakı Metrukesi 1956
  • Dokuz Dağın Efesi 1958
  • Hicran Yarası 1959
  • Gecelerin Ötesi 1960
  • Şoför Nebahat 1960
  • Mahalle Arkadaşları 1961
  • Oy Farfara Farfara 1961
  • Sahte Nikah 1962
  • Yılanların Öcü 1962
  • Acı Hayat 1962
  • Çifte Kumrular 1962
  • İstanbul Kaldırımları 1964
  • Suçlular Aramızda 1964
  • Susuz Yaz
    Susuz Yaz
    Dry Summer is a 1964 black-and-white Turkish drama film, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan based on a novel by Necati Cumalı, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco farmer, who selfishly dams a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his competitors. It is also available in an...

    1964
  • Sevmek Zamanı 1965
  • Ölmeyen Aşk 1966
  • Ayrılsak da Beraberiz 1967

  • Kuyu 1968
  • İki Günahsız Kız (İki Hikayeli Film) 1969
  • Ateşli Çingene 1969
  • Dağlar Kızı Reyhan 1969
  • Sevenler Ölmez 1970
  • Eyvah 1970
  • Hicran 1971
  • Makber 1971
  • Feride 1971
  • Keloğlan'la Can Kız 1972
  • Süreyya 1972
  • Bir İntihar 1973
  • Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri 1973
  • Hanende Melek 1973
  • Müthiş Bir Tren 1973
  • Sazlık 1973
  • Dağdan İnme 1973
  • Şeytan 1974
  • İntikam Meleği / Kadın Hamlet 1976
  • Sensiz Yaşayamam 1977
  • Preveze Öncesi 1982


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