Atif Yilmaz
Selective Filmography:
1951: The Bloody Cry
1953: The Sob
1954: The North Star
1955: The Girl who watched the Mountains
1959: The Land's Children
1961: The Red Vase
1966: The Death Field
1972: The Shame
1977: The Raid
1984: A Sip of Love
1988: Devil, My Friend
1999: After The Fall
Intervention :
Atif Yilmaz was born in1925 in Mersin. After finishing the high school in Mersin, he attended the Law School of Istanbul University. Because of his interest in arts, he dropped out the Law School and entered the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul and also wrote film critics. He became very quickly a leading voice in Turkish movie industry of the 1950s, before starting Turkish New Wave toggether with Yilmaz Gùney. Producer, director and often scriptwriter of his own movies, he takes on all kind of genress. He succeeded in staying atop industry for more than 4 decades thanks to his faculty to adapt to changes. He directed 111 movies. He died May 05th 2006 at age 80.
