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Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned
Turkishfilm director,
screenwriter, and
film producer.[2] He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed.[3] He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish film industry.
Early life
Atıf Yılmaz was born on 9 December 1925 in
Mersin,
Turkey to a
Kurdish family originally from
Palu.[4][5] 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.
Film career
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 Kanlı Feryat (The Bloody Cry). In 1960, he established his film company "Yerli Film" with the actor
Orhan Günşıray.
The most important movies in his filmography were: Hıçkırık (The Sob), Alageyik (The Fallow Deer), Suçlu (The Guilty One), Seni Kaybedersem (If I Lose You), Yaban Gülü (The Wild Rose), Keşanlı Ali Destanı (Kesanli Ali's Epic), Taçsız Kral (The Crownless King), Toprağın Kanı (Blood of the Earth), Ölüm Tarlası (Death Field), Utanç (The Shame), Zavallılar (The Poor People), Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım (My Girl with the Red Scarf), Baskin (The Raid), Adak (The Sacrifice), Bir Yudum Sevgi (A Sip of Love), Adı Vasfiye (Her Name is Vasfiye), Berdel, Düş Gezginleri (Walking After Midnight), Eylül Fırtınası (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.
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.[6]
Filmography
Director
Kanlı Feryad (The Bloody Cry) - 1951
Mezarımı Taştan Oyun - 1951
İki Kafadar Deliler Pansiyonunda - 1952
Aşk Izdırabtır - 1953
Hıçkırık (The Sob) - 1953
Şimal Yıldızı (The North Star) - 1954
Kadın Severse (If a Woman Loves) - 1955
Dağları Bekleyen Kız (The Girl Who Watched the Mountains) - 1955
İlk Ve Son (The First and the Last) - 1955
Beş Hasta Var (There Are Five Patients) - 1956
Gelinin Muradı - 1957
Bir Şoförün Gizli Defteri - 1958
Yaşamak Hakkımdır - 1958
Kumpanya - 1958
Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası - 1959
Bu Vatanın Çocukları (This Land's Children) - 1959