Metin Erksan
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. 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.
Sevenler Ölmez
(Director)
Dry Summer
(Director)
Dry Summer
(Writer)
Satan
(Director)
Wild Lover
(Screenplay)
Time to Love
(Director)
The Well
(Screenplay)
The Well
(Director)
Reeds
(Director)
Undying Love
(Screenplay)
The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet
(Director)
Undying Love
(Director)
The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet
(Screenplay)
Reeds
(Screenplay)
The Guilty Are Among Us
(Director)
Acı Hayat
(Director)
Acı Hayat
(Screenplay)
The Guilty Are Among Us
(Screenplay)
Revenge of the Snakes
(Screenplay)
Revenge of the Snakes
(Director)
Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor
(Director)
The Dark World
(Director)
A Terrific Train
(Director)
Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor
(Screenplay)
A Terrific Train
(Screenplay)
Three Friends
(Screenplay)
Cingöz Recai
(Director)
The Abandoned Documents of a Dead Woman
(Director)
Cingöz Recai
(Screenplay)
The Abandoned Documents of a Dead Woman
(Screenplay)
Beyond the Nights
(Director)
Beyond the Nights
(Screenplay)
Hot Gypsy
(Director)
Süreyya
(Director)
Dresses Of Times Past
(Director)
A Suicide
(Director)
Nebahat The Driver
(Director)
Nebahat The Driver
(Writer)
Dağlar Kızı Reyhan
(Director)
Dağdan İnme
(Director)
I Cannot Live Without You
(Director)
Makber
(Director)
The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet
(Producer)
Dağdan İnme
(Writer)
Süreyya
(Screenplay)
Binnaz
(Scenario Writer)
Mahalle Arkadaşları
(Director)
Mahalle Arkadaşları
(Writer)
Ayrılsak da Beraberiz
(Director)
Eyvah
(Director)
Hicran Yarası
(Screenplay)
Hicran Yarası
(Director)
Hicran
(Director)
Hicran
(Screenplay)
Oy Farfara Farfara
(Director)
Yolpalas Cinayeti
(Screenplay)
Yolpalas Cinayeti
(Director)
Çifte Kumrular
(Director)
Sahte Nikah
(Director)
İstanbul Kaldırımları
(Director)
İki Hikayeli Film: İki Günahsız Kız - Yılın Kadını Değil
(Screenplay)
İstanbul Kaldırımları
(Screenplay)
İki Hikayeli Film: İki Günahsız Kız - Yılın Kadını Değil
(Director)
Melek The Singer
(Director)
Melek The Singer
(Screenplay)
Feride
(Director)
Feride
(Writer)
Time to Love
(Writer)
Time to Love
(Producer)
I Cannot Live Without You
(Writer)
The Bald Boy and Cankiz
(Director)