Şerif Gören

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Şerif Gören
Born(1944-07-01)1 July 1944
Died8 December 2024(2024-12-08) (aged 80)
Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Cause of death Falling
NationalityTurkish
OccupationFilm director
Years active1962–2024

Şerif Gören (Greek : Σερίφ Γκιορέν, romanized: Seríf Gkiorén, 1 July 1944 – 8 December 2024) was a Turkish film director. Aside from important films under his own signature, he was also the winner of the Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") award in Cannes Film Festival 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 judge Sefa Mutlu. [1]

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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 the film, which makes it the first film directed by him. The Anxiety was a successful movie which won six awards at the 12th Antalya Film Festival in 1975 including Best National Film and Best National Director. [2] He directed more than thirty films in a decade. His activities also brought some trouble. As he served as the chairman of the Film Directors Association during 1979–80, he was arrested in the aftermath of the 1980 military coup. After his release he started directing the film Yol in 1981. [2]

Gören died of complications from a fall on 8 December 2024, at the age of 80. [3]

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References

  1. Özgür Politika, Turkish-language Kurdish daily formerly published in Germany 9 September 2004
  2. 1 2 madebycat.com. "Şerif Gören". İKSV. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. Usta yönetmen Şerif Gören hayatını kaybetti (in Turkish)
Awards
Preceded by Golden Orange Award
for Best Director

1975
for Endişe
Succeeded by