Metin Erksan

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Metin Erksan
Born	January 1, 1929 (1929-01-01) (age 79) Çanakkale, Turkey

Metin Erksan (born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, January 1, 1929, in Çanakkale, Turkey) is a Turkish film director and art historian.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Filmography 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Biography

He studied Art History at Istanbul University. He directed a total of 42 films, 2 of which he also produced; and he wrote the scripts of 29 films. He also starred in the 1998 film Alim Hoca as the title character.

[edit] Awards

• At the Competition of Turkish Films 1961 (Türk Filmleri Yarışması, 1961), he won the Best Script award for the film Gecelerin Ötesi (Beyond Nights).
• In 1964 he won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival for the film Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), starring Hülya Koçyiğit and Erol Taş, adapted from a short novel by Necati Cumalı.
• At the 1st İzmir International Fair Film Festival of 1965, he won the award for Best Directing for the film Suçlular Aramızda (The guilty is among us).
• At the 1st Adana Golden Cocoon Film Festival in 1969, he won the award for Best Directing and the Best Film for the film Kuyu (Well).
• At the 24th Antalya Film Festival in 1987, he received the Honor Award.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] See also

• Sevmek Zamanı

[edit] References

• Biyografi.net - Biography of Metin Erksan (Turkish)

[edit] External links

• Metin Erksan at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by newly established	Golden Boll Award for Best Director 1969 for Kuyu	Succeeded by Bilge Olgaç
Preceded by not awarded	Golden Orange Honorary Award 1987	Succeeded by not awarded

v • d • e Golden Boll Award for Best Director Metin Erksan (1969) · Bilge Olgaç (1970) · Yılmaz Güney (1971) · Ertem Eğilmez (1972) · Yılmaz Duru (1973) · Yusuf Kurçenli-Tunç Başaran (1992) · Memduh Ün (1993) · Erden Kıral (1994) · Kadir Sözen (1995) · Tunç Başaran (1996) · Zeki Demirkubuz (1997) · Uğur Yücel (2005) · Ezel Akay (2006) · Nihat Durak (2007) · İnan Temelkuran (2008)

v • d • e Golden Orange Honorary Award Ömer Lütfi Akad (1983) · Sezer Sezin (1984) · Metin Erksan (1987) · Helen Mirren-Taylor Hackford-Norman Jewison (2006) · Shekhar Kapur-Francis Ford Coppola-Hanna Schygulla (2007)