Şerif Gören ( el, Σερίφ Γκιορέν, Seríf Gkiorén, born 1944 in
Xanthi
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,
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) is a
Turkish film director
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. Aside from important movies under his own signature, he is also the winner of the
Palme d'Or
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("Golden Palm") award in
Cannes Film Festival
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in 1982 for the film ''
Yol'', which he had directed on behalf of
Yılmaz Güney, who at the time was serving a prison sentence for the murder of
Yumurtalık
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judge Sefa Mutlu.
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Gören started his film career as an editor, and then continued as an assistant director to Yılmaz Güney. He and Güney started directing "''Endişe''" (The Anxiety) in 1974, in the beginning of which Güney was arrested and sent to prison. Gören continued directing Endişe, which makes Endişe as the first film directed mainly by him. Endişe was a successful movie which won six awards at the12th Antalya Film Festival in 1975 including Best National Film and Best National Director.
Filmography
* '' Umut'' (1970) (''Hope'', co-director for Yılmaz Güney)
* ''Endişe'' (''The Anxiety'') (1974)
* ''Köprü'' (''The Bridge'') (1975)
* ''Deprem'' (''The Earthquake'') (1976)
* ''İki Arkadaş'' (''Two Friends'') (1976)
* ''Taksi Şoförü'' (''Taxi Driver'') (1976/I)
* ''İstasyon'' (1977)
* ''Nehir'' (''The River'') (1977)
* ''Derdim Dünyadan Büyük'' (1978)
* ''Gelincik'' (1978)
* ''Almanya, Acı Vatan'' (1979)
* ''Aşkı Ben mi Yarattım?'' (1979)
* ''Kır Gönlünün Zincirini'' (1980)
* ''Feryada Gücüm Yok'' (1981)
* ''Herhangi Bir Kadın'' (1981)
* ''Yılanı Öldürseler'' (1981)
* '' Yol'' (1982) (''The Way'', on behalf of Yılmaz Güney)
* ''Alişan'' (1982)
* ''Tomruk'' (1982)
* ''Derman'' (1983)
* ''Güneşin Tutulduğu Gün'' (1983)
* ''Firar'' (''The Escape'') (1984)
* ''Güneş Doğarken'' (''While The Sun Rises'') (1984)
* ''Kurbağalar'' (''The Frogs'') (1985)
* ''Adem İle Havva'' (''Adam and Eve'') (1986)
* ''Kan'' (''The Blood'') (1986)
* ''On Kadın'' (''Ten Women'') (1987)
* ''Polizei'' (1988, Germany
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)
* ''Abuk Sabuk Bir Film'' (1990)
* ''Amerikalı'' (''The American'') (1993)
* ''Kırık Ayna'' (2002) (mini) TV Series
* ''Serseri Aşıklar'' (2003) (mini) TV Series
* ''Ah İstanbul'' (2006)
References
External links
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*Who is who database
''Biography of Şerif Gören''
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1944 births
Living people
People from Xanthi
Turkish film directors
Best Director Golden Orange Award winners
Golden Orange Life Achievement Award winners
Greek people of Turkish descent
Greek emigrants to Turkey
Directors of Palme d'Or winners