Lütfi Akad

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-09-02 (95 years old)

Deathday

2011-11-20

Place of Birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Lütfi Akad

Biography

Lütfi Ömer Akad (2 September 1916 - 19 November 2011), the first auteur director of Turkish cinema, screenwriter, academician, Honorary Professor. Known as the "The Masterless Master" and "Big Auteur" of Turkish cinema, Akad has been one of the important names that enabled Turkish cinema, which was under the domination of theater actors until the 1950s, to become independent from theatre. Being one of the first representatives of the "Generation of Filmmakers", Akad, unlike the filmmakers before him, researched and developed the unique language and possibilities of cinema, influenced many directors who came after him with his works and set a...

Production

1979

Emekli Başkan

as Director

1979

Kuma

as Director

1979

Isı

as Director

1975

Ferman

as Director

1975

Knob

as Director

1963

L'Immortelle

as Production Manager

1975

1979

1962

Tricycle

as Screenplay

1973

The Bride

as Director

1975

Knob

as Writer

1963

L'Immortelle

as Assistant Director

1979

Emekli Başkan

as Screenplay

1971

Bir Teselli Ver

as Director

1971

1975

Diyet

as Screenplay

1952

1962

Tricycle

as Director

1966

1966

1968

1953

Murderous City

as Director

1957

White Gold

as Screenplay

1957

White Gold

as Director

1963

Bire On Vardı

as Screenplay

1967

1967

1973

The Wedding

as Screenplay

1973

The Wedding

as Director

1974

Blood Money

as Director

1955

1965

The Exterminators

as Production Director

1959

1959

1954

1949

1956

1955

Meçhul Kadın

as Director

1957

Kara Talih

as Director

1959

Ana Kucağı

as Director

1959

Zümrüt

as Director

1960

Cilalı İbo'nun Çilesi

as Scenario Writer

1961

Dişi Kurt

as Director

1961

Sessiz Harp

as Director

1966

1971

Mahşere Kadar

as Director

1971

Rüya Gibi

as Director

1967

Mother

as Director

1967

Mother

as Writer

1955

1953

1955

A Love Story

as Writer

1972

The River

as Director

1972

The River

as Writer

1949

1979

Isı

as Screenplay

1973

The Bride

as Writer

1972

Vahşi Çiçek

as Director

1974

Blood Money

as Writer

1952

1952

Arzu ile Kamber

as Director

1961

Avare Mustafa

as Writer

1953

Katil

as Director

1953

Katil

as Writer

1958

1958

1955

Kardeş Kurşunu

as Director

1960

Yangın Var

as Writer

1960

Yangın Var

as Director

1964

1950

The Luxurious Life

as Screenplay

1950

1967

Kurbanlık Katil

as Director

1967

Kurbanlık Katil

as Screenplay

1973

Gökçe Çiçek

as Director

1973

Gökçe Çiçek

as Screenplay

1954

Bulgar Sadık

as Screenplay

1954

Bulgar Sadık

as Director

1969

1971

1971

1952

1952

Tahir ile Zühre

as Director

1975

Diyet

as Director

1974

Esir Hayat

as Director

1974

Esir Hayat

as Writer

1972

The Wounded Wolf

as Director

1966

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