Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1929
Died
Aug 04, 2012
Place of Birth
Çanakkale, Türkiye
Credits
47 titles
Metin Erksan
Biography
Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012), born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, was a Turkish film director and art historian. Metin Erksan gained success with films depicting the problems of people from the countryside he adopted from the literature. Susuz Yaz won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, Germany. Yılanların Öcü (1962) was awarded in 1966 at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. He was named "Best Director" with his film Kuyu (1968) at the first edition of International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Along with renowned film director Halit Refiğ, he was credited as the representative of the national cinema in Turkey. From 1970 on, he directed films aimed for commercial success. In 1974-1975, he filmed five Turkish stories (Hanende Melek by Sabahattin Ali, Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Bir İntihar by Samet Ağaoğlu, Müthiş Bir Tren by Sait Faik Abasıyanık and Sazlık by Hulusi Koray) as short films for television. His 1977 film The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1974 horror movie Şeytan is known as the "Turkish Exorcist" due to the movies' similar plots. He directed 42 films, 2 of which he produced himself; and he wrote the scripts of 29 films. He also starred in the 1998 film Alim Hoca as the title character.
Known For
Filmography
Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
Self
Ölümün Ağzı
Story
Fırtına Gönüller
Writer
I Cannot Live Without You
Director
Wild Lover
Screenplay
The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet
Director
Melek The Singer
Director
Dresses Of Times Past
Director
A Suicide
Director
The Reeds
Director
A Horrible Train
Director
The Exorcist
Director
Dağdan İnme
Director
Süreyya
Director
The Bald Boy and Cankiz
Director
Feride
Director
Makber
Director
Hicran
Director
Eyvah
Director
Sevenler Ölmez
Director
Altın Koza
Self - Winner
The Well
Screenplay
Hot Gypsy
Director
Dağlar Kızı Reyhan
Director
İki Hikayeli Film: İki Günahsız Kız - Yılın Kadını Değil
Director
Ayrılsak da Beraberiz
Director
The Immortal Love
Director
Time to Love
Director
The Guilty Are Among Us
Director
İstanbul Kaldırımları
Director
Dry Summer
Director
Çifte Kumrular
Director
Sahte Nikah
Director
Acı Hayat
Director
Revenge of the Snakes
Director
Mahalle Arkadaşları
Writer
Oy Farfara Farfara
Director
Beyond the Nights
Director
Nebahat The Driver
Director
Hicran Yarası
Director
Binnaz
Scenario Writer
Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor
Director
Three Friends
Screenplay
The Abandoned Documents of a Dead Woman
Director
Yolpalas Cinayeti
Director
Cingöz Recai: White Hell
Director
The Dark World
Director