Yılmaz Güney

Born in Adana, he died in Paris (1937–1984). Famous first as an actor, he wrote, directed and starred in Umut, a landmark of realism in Turkish cinema that was banned at the time. The Herd and Yol, which he wrote in prison, were shot by other directors; Yol, signed with Şerif Gören, shared the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1982. He made his last film, The Wall, in France. His films about working people and Kurds can be watched today on the official Güney Filmcilik channel.