Metin Erksan
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1929 · Çanakkale, Türkiye
- Died
- August 4, 2012 (age 83)
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.
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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
Behind the camera45
- 1996Ölümün Ağzı Story
- 1984Fırtına Gönüller Writer
- 1977I Cannot Live Without You Director, Writer
- 1977Wild Lover Screenplay
- 1976The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1975Melek The Singer Director, Screenplay
- 1975Dresses Of Times Past Director
- 1975A Suicide Director
- 1975The Reeds Director, Screenplay
- 1975A Horrible Train
