Şerif Gören

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Şerif Gören is a Turkish film director. Aside from important films under his own signature, he is also the winner of Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") award in Cannes Film Festival in 1982 with the film "Yol", that he had directed on behalf of Yılmaz Güney, who at the time was serving in jail for the murder of Yumurtalık judge Safa Mutlu. [1]

Şerif Gören was born in 1944 in Xanthi, in Greece. He started his film career as an editor, and then continued as an assisting director. He directed his first film "Endişe" (The Anxiety) in 1974. He directed more than thirty films in a decade. The film "Yol" he directed on behalf of Yılmaz Güney won a Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") in Cannes Film Festival in 1982 (he shared the prize with Costa Gavras for his film "Missing").

[edit] Filmography

  • Serseri Aşıklar (2003) (mini) TV Series
  • Kırık Ayna (2002) (mini) TV Series
  • Amerikalı "The American" (1993)
  • Abuk Sabuk Bir Film (1990)
  • Polizei (1988, Germany)
  • On Kadın "Ten Women" (1987)
  • Adem İle Havva "Adam and Eve" (1986)
  • Kan "The Blood" (1986)
  • Kurbağalar "The Frogs" (1985)
  • Firar "The Escape" (1984)
  • Güneş Doğarken "While The Sun Rises" (1984)
  • Derman (1983)
  • Güneşin Tutuldugu Gün (1983)
  • Yol (1982) (on behalf of Yılmaz Güney)
  • Alişan (1982)
  • Tomruk (1982)
  • Feryada Gücüm Yok (1981)
  • Herhangi Bir Kadin (1981)
  • Yilanı Öldürseler (1981)
  • Kır Gönlünün Zincirini (1980)
  • Almanya, Acı Vatan (1979)
  • Aşkı Ben mi Yarattim? (1979)
  • Derdim Dünyadan Büyük (1978)
  • Gelincik (1978)
  • Istasyon (1977)
  • Nehir "The River" (1977)
  • Deprem "The Earthquake" (1976)
  • İki Arkadaş "Two Friends" (1976)
  • Taksi Şoförü "Taxi Driver" (1976/I)
  • Köprü "The Bridge" (1975)
  • Endişe "The Anxiety" (1974)
  • Umut (1970) (co-director for Yılmaz Güney)

[edit] Footnotes

Awards
Preceded by
Ömer Lütfi Akad
Golden Orange Award
for Best Director

1975
for Endişe
Succeeded by
Atıf Yılmaz
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