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person_profile-Metin Erksan

Metin Erksan Died at age: 83

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Metin Erksan

Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1929

Country of birth:

Türkiye

Died:

Aug 04, 2012

Biography of

Metin Erksan

    From Wikipedia

    Metin Erksan (January 1, 1929 – August 4, 2012), born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, was a Turkish film director and art historian.

    Metin Erksan gained success with films depicting the problems of people from the countryside he adopted from the literature. Susuz Yaz won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, Germany. Yılanların Öcü (1962) was awarded in 1966 at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. He was named "Best Director" with his film Kuyu (1968) at the first edition of International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Along with renowned film director Halit Refiğ, he was credited as the representative of the national cinema in Turkey.

    From 1970 on, he directed films aimed for commercial success. In 1974-1975, he filmed five Turkish stories (Hanende Melek by Sabahattin Ali, Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Bir İntihar by Samet Ağaoğlu, Müthiş Bir Tren by Sait Faik Abasıyanık and Sazlık by Hulusi Koray) as short films for television. His 1977 film The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1974 horror movie Şeytan is known as the "Turkish Exorcist" due to the movies' similar plots.

    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.

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Metin Erksan

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Filmography of

Metin Erksan

Found 24 Movies in total

... 1977

... 1976

... 1975

... 1975

Reeds

Screenplay

... 1975

... 1975

Satan

Director

... 1974

Süreyya

Screenplay

... 1972

... 1972

... 1970

Hot Gypsy

Director

... 1969

The Well

Screenplay

... 1968

... 1967

Undying Love

Screenplay

... 1966

... 1965

... 1964

... 1963

Acı Hayat

Screenplay

... 1962

... 1962

... 1960

... 1959

... 1958

Cingöz Recai

Screenplay

... 1954

... 1953