Atıf Yılmaz
- Directing
- December 9, 1925 · Turkey
- May 5, 2006
Biography
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
- Borrowed Bride · Director
- After the Fall · Director
- Sidika · Producer
- Nihavend Mucize · Director
- Loves with Gravity: Turkish Sweets · Director
- Loves with Gravity · Director
- Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
- The Night, Angel and Our Children · Director
- Tatlı Betüş · Screenplay, Director
- Walking After Midnight · Director, Screenplay
- Laf Lafı Açıyor
- Bekle Dedim Gölgeye · Director
- Berdel · Director
- A Dead Sea · Director
- The Woman Has No Name · Director, Screenplay
- Devil, My Friend · Director, Writer
- My Dreams, My Love, and You · Director
- How to Save Asiye · Director
- Aaahh Belinda · Director
- The Windmill · Director
- Vasfiye Is Her Name · Director
- A Lonely Woman · Director, Screenplay
- Desperate Road · Producer
- Blind Man's Bluff · Producer
- A Sip of Love · Director, Writer
- Unmade Bed · Director
- I Love You · Director
- Sugar Pie Lady · Director
- Mill Horse · Director, Writer
- The Lake · Producer
- Mine · Director, Screenplay
- Deli Kan · Producer, Screenplay
- The Sacrifice · Director
- Zübük · Scenario Writer
- Talihli Amele · Producer, Director
- What Happens Now? · Director
- The Little Sparrow · Director, Screenplay
- The Man Who Strikes Gold · Director
- Feyzo, The Polite One · Director
- The Girl with the Red Scarf · Director
- The Raid · Writer, Director
- Yangın · Director
- İbo and Güllüşah · Writer, Director
- Bitter Memories · Director
- Hasip and Nasip · Director
- Mağlup Edilemeyenler · Writers' Production, Director
- Baş Belası · Director
- Tuzak · Director
- Çapkın Hırsız · Director
- The Poor · Director, Screenplay
- Deli Yusuf · Director, Writer
- İşte Hayat · Director
- Salako · Director
- The Second Wife · Director, Writer
- The Hunchback · Director
- Güllü is Coming · Director
- Gönüller Sultanı: Mevlana · Director
- Cemo · Director
- Günahsızlar · Director
- Utanç · Director
- Köle · Director
- Gelinlik Kızlar · Director
- Persecution · Director
- The Legend of Battal Gazi · Screenplay, Director
- Fire Piece · Director, Scenario Writer
- Hürmüz with Seven Husbands · Director
- The Forgotten Woman · Director
- Güllü · Director, Writer
- Zeyno · Director
- Darıldın mı Cicim Bana · Director
- Kara Gözlüm · Director
- Aşktan da Üstün · Director
- Altın Koza · Nominee
- Kızıl Vazo · Director
- Kölen Olayım · Director
- Menekşe Gözler · Director
- Yasemin'in Tatlı Aşkı · Writer, Director
- Köroğlu · Director
- Cemile: Yalancı · Director
- Balatlı Arif · Director