Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 09, 1934
Died
Apr 06, 2016
Place of Birth
Istanbul, Turkey
Credits
107 titles
Ülkü Erakalın
Biography
Ülkü Erakalın , (June 9, 1934, Istanbul - April 6, 2016, Istanbul ), Turkish producer and director. He is the son of Vaso (Vasiliki) Hanım, one of the Direklerarası kanto singers, and Abdurrahman Bey, another Direklerarası musician and a graduate of Muzika-yı Hümayun. He was born in Beyoğlu. He started his education in 1941 at the Dokuzuncu Primary School in Kasımpaşa. After primary school, he entered the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department in 1947 with an exam. He took piano, violin and flute lessons. He worked as a magazine writer in Radyo Âlemi and Sinema 63 magazines. Erakalın, who graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department, started her art life in 1958. The artist, who gained her first experiences as an assistant to Lütfi Akad , exhibited her first work in the art of cinema in 1961 with the film Unutamamımın Kadın (Woman I Forgot). In the film Unfinished Ayyaş, he included scenes from real life and the life of her mother Vaso (Vasilik) Hanım, a master kanto singer and theater actress who came to Turkey from Greece. In addition to her experience as a musician, he also worked as a producer with a company called "Duygu Film". He wrote four books, mostly including her memoirs. Erakalın, who acted in one film as an actress, directed many films during the sex film craze of the 1970s. He has made around 200 films.
Known For
Filmography
Alman Kuzusu
Director
Çığlık Çığlığa Bir Sevda
Director
İzzet Günay Belgeseli
Self
Yeşilçam Denizi
Ünlü Yıldız
Director
Bizim Mahalle
Director
Woman of Sorrows
Writer
Hayroş
Director
Bir İlkbahar Sabahı
Director
Satmışım Anasını
Director
Sensiz Olamam
Director
Sev Yeter
Director
Günahkâr Kadın
Director
Fakir
Director
Şıllık
Director
Bizim Fıstıklar
Director
Hot Belle
Director
Gönül Oyunu / Yatak Hikayemiz
Director
Vur Davula Tokmağı
Director
Seven Husbands
Writer
Çiplaklar
Director
Hayat Kadınları
Writer
Yara
Writer
Yeşilçam Sokağı
Director
Şıpsevdi
Director
Sevdalılar
Director
Ben Sana Mecburum
Director
Bitirimler Sınıfı
Director
Taşralı Kız
Director
Eski Kurtlar
Director
Düşmanlarım Çatlasın
Director
Silemezler Gönlümden
Director
Ablam
Director
Ayyaş
Producer
Dikiz Aynası
Director
Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı
Director
Bir Garip Yolcu
Director
Kahpe
Director
Kızım
Director
Afacan Harika Çocuk
Director
The Stepmother
Director
Afacan the Little Tramp
Director
Mıstık
Director
Beklenen Şarkı
Director
Son Nefes
Writer
Yaşamak Kolay Değil
Director
Ana Gibi Yar Olmaz
Director
Altın Koza
Nominee
Ölmüş Bir Kadının Mektupları
Director
Kanlı Nigar
Director