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Yavuz Özkan

Yavuz Özkan

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Biography

Yavuz Özkan was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer who was active in the Turkish film industry from the 1970s to the 2000s. He is best known for his films that deal with social and political issues, and for his collaborations with some of the leading actors of Turkish cinema. Özkan began his career as an assistant director on several films in the early 1970s. He made his directorial debut in 1975 with the film "Anayurt Oteli" (The Hotel Anatolia), which was a critical and commercial success. The film won several awards at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, including the award for Best Film. Özkan went on to direct a number of successful films, including "Nehir" (The River, 1977), "Yol" (The Road, 1982), and "Hakkari'de Bir Mevsim" (A Season in Hakkari, 1983). These films are known for their realistic portrayal of Turkish society and for their strong political messages. Özkan was also a prolific screenwriter. He wrote the screenplays for many of his own films, as well as for films directed by other directors. He was a member of the Writers' Union of Turkey and was awarded the union's Grand Prize for his screenplay for the film "Yol". Özkan was a leading figure in Turkish cinema for over three decades. His films were widely acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, and he won numerous awards for his work. He was a committed and passionate filmmaker who used his films to explore important social and political issues. In addition to his work in film, Özkan was also active in theater and television. He directed several plays and television series, and he was a member of the board of directors of the Istanbul State Theater. Özkan passed away in 2019 at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife and two children. His legacy lives on through his films, which continue to be screened and studied by film lovers around the world. IMDb mini bio by YusufPiskin

Known For

Bir Kadının Anatomisi
10.0

A woman and the four men who enter her life... The search for happiness, marriages, arguments, separations, and losses... In short, intense relationships... Sibel works as a general coordinator at the company where she and Metin are employed, while Metin is an industrial designer. The early days of their marriage are filled with excitement. However, soon after, arguments and disagreements begin to push their marriage toward the brink. One day, after an argument, Metin is involved in a car accident on his way home and dies. From this point onward, the film explores the ups and downs in Sibel's life through a different thematic lens.

Bir Kadının Anatomisi

1995
The Exorcist
5.0

12 year-old Gul becomes possessed by Satan after experimenting with a Ouija board. A troubled psychiatrist and an experienced exorcist become the girl’s only hope for salvation.

The Exorcist

1974
Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi
8.0

The story of Taner, a lawyer who has problems with his aging wife, lives with his sister Saime, who is confined to a wheelchair, and is threatened and harassed because of his cases. Taner's personal and professional life continues in a tense environment as he has an affair with his closest friend's wife at his office. While trying to mend his troubled relationship with his wife, he is also troubled by documents handed over by a client involved in shady dealings. A gang is after these secret documents, which would cause chaos if made public. Saime, a loyal listener of Selma, who hosts a nighttime program on a local radio station, makes a suggestion to her brother. Taner joins Selma's program by phone at the insistence of his romantic, paralyzed sister, and an interesting relationship develops between Selma and Taner through the broadcast. Hundreds of people who listen to her heartfelt conversations every night, connecting with the radio studio, take an interest in this relationship.

Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi

1997
The Mine
7.1

When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things.

The Mine

1978
Two Women
5.7

A prostitute lays a rape charge against a politician and an unexpected friendship develops between her and the politician's wife.

Two Women

1992
Büyük Yalnızlık
6.0

The story of a couple who decide to divorce after 10 years of marriage and end up fighting on their last night together as they take stock of their past.

Büyük Yalnızlık

1990
Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi
6.5

No description available.

Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi

1994
Ateş Üstünde Yürümek
10.0

The turbulent history of a country will be narrated through a modern ballet imbued with extraordinary aesthetics and poetry, staged as if on a theater stage. While the events are narrated solely through the modern ballet from a historical perspective, the impact of these events on society and their reflections on individuals are narrated through a love story embedded in the main story. Finally, an analysis is presented to the audience, composed of people from all segments of society, of how these events shaped society in 1990.

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek

1991
Yağmur Kaçakları
5.0

The film tells the story of a man who flees abroad and his relationship with a foreign woman. The man is in prison for a thought crime. The man's sole purpose in escaping from prison is to leave the country. With the help of a friend, he goes to France to stay with his brother. There, he meets a woman named Michelle, who is going through personal difficulties. Despite the language barrier, the two quickly fall in love. Meanwhile, the man applies for asylum in France. However, when his application is rejected, he leaves France and returns to Turkey. Michelle, who refuses to give up on her lover, decides to follow him to Turkey.

Yağmur Kaçakları

1987
Darbe
7.0

The film tells the story of two old friends, Ahmet and Kemal, who work together to solve a murder. Ahmet, nicknamed "Baba," makes a living as an accountant. His son Ali, who works as a laborer at the same factory, is a union member. The factory manager pressures Ahmet to convince his son to leave the union. During a strike that breaks out at the factory, Ali is killed. Ahmet seeks help from Kemal, a businessman and his army buddy, to find his son's killer. Throughout this process, both Kemal and Ahmet begin to question their own lives.

Darbe

1976
Lobster Pot
6.5

An elderly couple invite their adult children to visit their country chateau. Among the children are Omer, his undemonstrative wife who knows about Omer's mistress, and Omer's children. The other son brings his seductive lover, and the daughter, a divorcee, brings her child. Mayhem ensues when their daughter's ex-husband makes a surprise appearance at the house.

Lobster Pot

1994
Demir Yol
N/A

The fight of the striking railroad workers.

Demir Yol

1979
Thirsty for Love: Sex and Murder
4.3

An introvert party goer in '60s makes it a habit of kidnapping meretricious female models to hidden spots out to wild nature to rape them, and of returning them to their homes nevermore.

Thirsty for Love: Sex and Murder

1972
No image
7.0

Based on a book by Nikos Athenassiadis titled A Naked Young Girl, this slight, uneven fantasy-romance takes place on an isolated Greek island with a unique, petrified tree -- a part of the reason why Mathieu, a geologist (Christophe Malavoy) has arrived to do some research there. Other than the boatman who ferries back and forth to the mainland, the island's only inhabitants are a fisherman and his very pretty daughter Eleni (Eleni Drogoumi). Eleni seems a bit different right from the beginning; on the one hand, she likes wandering around dressed only in a long shirt, and on the other, she has a penchant for swimming all night with the dolphins. When the usually arrogant geologist starts transferring some of his interest from rocks to Eleni's comings-and-goings, he wonders if there is not something fishy about her parentage.

L'arbre sous la mer

1985
İlkbahar Sonbahar
N/A

A film director, disillusioned with the state of the world, decides to intervene in life itself by making a movie. He mortgages his family’s land and country house - not because his goal is to shoot a film, but to create a brand‐new model of production and, above all, a new ethics of creation. He publishes an impassioned manifesto calling on young people to join him, and soon the country house overflows with hopeful applicants who, inspired by his words, seek not just a job but the thrilling adventure of filmmaking and a chance at a new life.

İlkbahar Sonbahar

2011
Umut Yarına Kaldı
N/A

A director's filmmaking process; friendships of the director, who has lost hope in life, with the tenants living in the same house.

Umut Yarına Kaldı

1988
Kara Gün
7.0

The experiences of a young man who is in love with the daughter of a prostitute

Kara Gün

1971
Yarış
N/A

A death row escapee unexpectedly saves a troubled young woman attempting suicide during a ferry crossing, and they find refuge together in a secluded house.

Yarış

1975
Filim Bitti
N/A

At the edge of divorcing each other, two movie stars are asked to star as passionate lovers in the same movie. In their last movie together, they have to experience something that is just the opposite of their real life. Both sides of life displayed: Continuous fighting in real life and a big love story on the film set.

Filim Bitti

1989
Hayal Kurma Oyunları
10.0

No description available.

Hayal Kurma Oyunları

2004