Directing
Fuat Uzkınay
Born — Died
1888-01-01 — 1956-03-29
Place of birth
Istanbul, Turkey
Known for
Directing
Credits
5 titles
He took lessons on film receivers and screeners from S. Weinberg, participated in World War I as a reserve officer, was assigned to shoot films in the army, filmed the destruction of the monument built by the Russians in Yeşilköy (4.11.1914), and in 1915, by the order of Enver Pasha, he established the Central Army Cinema Department. He founded it, managed it with S.Weinberg, shot various war, document, and news films, and showed military films in Ayairini. He shot Leblebici Horhor but could not complete it, and shot and directed Himmet Ağa's Marriage. He went to Germany for a course in 1916 and retired in 1954.
Known for
8.0The story of a young girl forced to marry an old Aga. Directed by Fuat Uzkinay and Sigmund Weinberg, it was the third film in Turkish history and had to be postponed until the end of WWI in 1918.
The Marriage of Himmet Aga
1918
9.0Shot in occupied Istanbul, a French nanny seducing the men of the house.
The Governess
1919
NRAt this rally, a Turkish woman (Halide Edip Adıvar) addressed the public for the first time in an open-air meeting. This film is a documentary of the rally.
Demonstration of Fatih
1919
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Anafartalar'da İtilaf Ordularının Püskürtülmesi
1915
9.3Filmed by reserve army officer Fuat Uzkinay shortly after the Ottoman empire's entry into the Great War. A General Enver's establishes a film centre and several more scenes are shot during the war.
The Demolition of the Russian Monument at St Stephen
1914
Behind the camera
8.0The story of a young girl forced to marry an old Aga. Directed by Fuat Uzkinay and Sigmund Weinberg, it was the third film in Turkish history and had to be postponed until the end of WWI in 1918.
The Marriage of Himmet Aga
1918
9.0Shot in occupied Istanbul, a French nanny seducing the men of the house.
The Governess
1919
NRAt this rally, a Turkish woman (Halide Edip Adıvar) addressed the public for the first time in an open-air meeting. This film is a documentary of the rally.
Demonstration of Fatih
1919
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Anafartalar'da İtilaf Ordularının Püskürtülmesi
1915
9.3Filmed by reserve army officer Fuat Uzkinay shortly after the Ottoman empire's entry into the Great War. A General Enver's establishes a film centre and several more scenes are shot during the war.
The Demolition of the Russian Monument at St Stephen
1914