Yavuz Özkan

Directing

Yavuz Özkan

Born — Died

1942-07-21 — 2019-05-21

Place of birth

Yozgat, Turkey

Known for

Directing

Credits

47 titles

Yavuz Özkan was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer who was active in the Turkish film industry from the 1970s to the 2000s. He is best known for his films that deal with social and political issues, and for his collaborations with some of the leading actors of Turkish cinema. Özkan began his career as an assistant director on several films in the early 1970s. He made his directorial debut in 1975 with the film "Anayurt Oteli" (The Hotel Anatolia), which was a critical and commercial success. The film won several awards at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, including the award for Best Film. Özkan went on to direct a number of successful films, including "Nehir" (The …

Known for

The Mine poster
7.0

When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things.

The Mine

1978

Two Women poster
5.7

A prostitute lays a rape charge against a politician and an unexpected friendship develops between her and the politician's wife.

Two Women

1992

Demir Yol poster
NR

The fight of the striking railroad workers.

Demir Yol

1979

The Exorcist poster
5.0

12 year-old Gul becomes possessed by Satan after experimenting with a Ouija board. A troubled psychiatrist and an experienced exorcist become the girl’s only hope for salvation.

The Exorcist

1974

No artwork available
7.0

Based on a book by Nikos Athenassiadis titled A Naked Young Girl, this slight, uneven fantasy-romance takes place on an isolated Greek island with a unique, petrified tree -- a part of the reason why Mathieu, a geologist (Christophe Malavoy) has arrived to do some research there. Other than the boatman who ferries back and forth to the mainland, the island's only inhabitants are a fisherman and his very pretty daughter Eleni (Eleni Drogoumi). Eleni seems a bit different right from the beginning; on the one hand, she likes wandering around dressed only in a long shirt, and on the other, she has a penchant for swimming all night with the dolphins. When the usually arrogant geologist starts transferring some of his interest from rocks to Eleni's comings-and-goings, he wonders if there is not something fishy about her parentage.

L'arbre sous la mer

1985

Hayal Kurma Oyunları poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hayal Kurma Oyunları

2004

Film credits

1980s · 2 titles

1970s · 5 titles

Behind the camera

The Mine poster
7.0

When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things.

The Mine

1978

The Mine poster
7.0

When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things.

The Mine

1978

The Mine poster
7.0

When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things.

The Mine

1978

Two Women poster
5.7

A prostitute lays a rape charge against a politician and an unexpected friendship develops between her and the politician's wife.

Two Women

1992

Two Women poster
5.7

A prostitute lays a rape charge against a politician and an unexpected friendship develops between her and the politician's wife.

Two Women

1992

Demir Yol poster
NR

The fight of the striking railroad workers.

Demir Yol

1979

Demir Yol poster
NR

The fight of the striking railroad workers.

Demir Yol

1979

Demir Yol poster
NR

The fight of the striking railroad workers.

Demir Yol

1979

Hayal Kurma Oyunları poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hayal Kurma Oyunları

2004

Hayal Kurma Oyunları poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hayal Kurma Oyunları

2004

Filim Bitti poster
NR

At the edge of divorcing each other, two movie stars are asked to star as passionate lovers in the same movie. In their last movie together, they have to experience something that is just the opposite of their real life. Both sides of life displayed: Continuous fighting in real life and a big love story on the film set.

Filim Bitti

1989

Filim Bitti poster
NR

At the edge of divorcing each other, two movie stars are asked to star as passionate lovers in the same movie. In their last movie together, they have to experience something that is just the opposite of their real life. Both sides of life displayed: Continuous fighting in real life and a big love story on the film set.

Filim Bitti

1989

Filim Bitti poster
NR

At the edge of divorcing each other, two movie stars are asked to star as passionate lovers in the same movie. In their last movie together, they have to experience something that is just the opposite of their real life. Both sides of life displayed: Continuous fighting in real life and a big love story on the film set.

Filim Bitti

1989

İsimsiz poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

İsimsiz

2007

İsimsiz poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

İsimsiz

2007

Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi

1994

İlkbahar Sonbahar poster
NR

A film director, disillusioned with the state of the world, decides to intervene in life itself by making a movie. He mortgages his family’s land and country house - not because his goal is to shoot a film, but to create a brand‐new model of production and, above all, a new ethics of creation. He publishes an impassioned manifesto calling on young people to join him, and soon the country house overflows with hopeful applicants who, inspired by his words, seek not just a job but the thrilling adventure of filmmaking and a chance at a new life.

İlkbahar Sonbahar

2011

İlkbahar Sonbahar poster
NR

A film director, disillusioned with the state of the world, decides to intervene in life itself by making a movie. He mortgages his family’s land and country house - not because his goal is to shoot a film, but to create a brand‐new model of production and, above all, a new ethics of creation. He publishes an impassioned manifesto calling on young people to join him, and soon the country house overflows with hopeful applicants who, inspired by his words, seek not just a job but the thrilling adventure of filmmaking and a chance at a new life.

İlkbahar Sonbahar

2011

Bir Kadının Anatomisi poster
10.0

A woman and the four men who enter her life... The search for happiness, marriages, arguments, separations, and losses... In short, intense relationships... Sibel works as a general coordinator at the company where she and Metin are employed, while Metin is an industrial designer. The early days of their marriage are filled with excitement. However, soon after, arguments and disagreements begin to push their marriage toward the brink. One day, after an argument, Metin is involved in a car accident on his way home and dies. From this point onward, the film explores the ups and downs in Sibel's life through a different thematic lens.

Bir Kadının Anatomisi

1995

Bir Kadının Anatomisi poster
10.0

A woman and the four men who enter her life... The search for happiness, marriages, arguments, separations, and losses... In short, intense relationships... Sibel works as a general coordinator at the company where she and Metin are employed, while Metin is an industrial designer. The early days of their marriage are filled with excitement. However, soon after, arguments and disagreements begin to push their marriage toward the brink. One day, after an argument, Metin is involved in a car accident on his way home and dies. From this point onward, the film explores the ups and downs in Sibel's life through a different thematic lens.

Bir Kadının Anatomisi

1995

Bir Kadının Anatomisi poster
10.0

A woman and the four men who enter her life... The search for happiness, marriages, arguments, separations, and losses... In short, intense relationships... Sibel works as a general coordinator at the company where she and Metin are employed, while Metin is an industrial designer. The early days of their marriage are filled with excitement. However, soon after, arguments and disagreements begin to push their marriage toward the brink. One day, after an argument, Metin is involved in a car accident on his way home and dies. From this point onward, the film explores the ups and downs in Sibel's life through a different thematic lens.

Bir Kadının Anatomisi

1995

Büyük Yalnızlık poster
6.0

The story of a couple who decide to divorce after 10 years of marriage and end up fighting on their last night together as they take stock of their past.

Büyük Yalnızlık

1990

Büyük Yalnızlık poster
6.0

The story of a couple who decide to divorce after 10 years of marriage and end up fighting on their last night together as they take stock of their past.

Büyük Yalnızlık

1990

Büyük Yalnızlık poster
6.0

The story of a couple who decide to divorce after 10 years of marriage and end up fighting on their last night together as they take stock of their past.

Büyük Yalnızlık

1990

Lobster Pot poster
6.6

An elderly couple invite their adult children to visit their country chateau. Among the children are Omer, his undemonstrative wife who knows about Omer's mistress, and Omer's children. The other son brings his seductive lover, and the daughter, a divorcee, brings her child. Mayhem ensues when their daughter's ex-husband makes a surprise appearance at the house.

Lobster Pot

1994

Lobster Pot poster
6.6

An elderly couple invite their adult children to visit their country chateau. Among the children are Omer, his undemonstrative wife who knows about Omer's mistress, and Omer's children. The other son brings his seductive lover, and the daughter, a divorcee, brings her child. Mayhem ensues when their daughter's ex-husband makes a surprise appearance at the house.

Lobster Pot

1994

Lobster Pot poster
6.6

An elderly couple invite their adult children to visit their country chateau. Among the children are Omer, his undemonstrative wife who knows about Omer's mistress, and Omer's children. The other son brings his seductive lover, and the daughter, a divorcee, brings her child. Mayhem ensues when their daughter's ex-husband makes a surprise appearance at the house.

Lobster Pot

1994

Yarış poster
NR

A death row escapee unexpectedly saves a troubled young woman attempting suicide during a ferry crossing, and they find refuge together in a secluded house.

Yarış

1975

Yarış poster
NR

A death row escapee unexpectedly saves a troubled young woman attempting suicide during a ferry crossing, and they find refuge together in a secluded house.

Yarış

1975

Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi poster
8.0

The story of Taner, a lawyer who has problems with his aging wife, lives with his sister Saime, who is confined to a wheelchair, and is threatened and harassed because of his cases. Taner's personal and professional life continues in a tense environment as he has an affair with his closest friend's wife at his office. While trying to mend his troubled relationship with his wife, he is also troubled by documents handed over by a client involved in shady dealings. A gang is after these secret documents, which would cause chaos if made public. Saime, a loyal listener of Selma, who hosts a nighttime program on a local radio station, makes a suggestion to her brother. Taner joins Selma's program by phone at the insistence of his romantic, paralyzed sister, and an interesting relationship develops between Selma and Taner through the broadcast. Hundreds of people who listen to her heartfelt conversations every night, connecting with the radio studio, take an interest in this relationship.

Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi

1997

Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi poster
8.0

The story of Taner, a lawyer who has problems with his aging wife, lives with his sister Saime, who is confined to a wheelchair, and is threatened and harassed because of his cases. Taner's personal and professional life continues in a tense environment as he has an affair with his closest friend's wife at his office. While trying to mend his troubled relationship with his wife, he is also troubled by documents handed over by a client involved in shady dealings. A gang is after these secret documents, which would cause chaos if made public. Saime, a loyal listener of Selma, who hosts a nighttime program on a local radio station, makes a suggestion to her brother. Taner joins Selma's program by phone at the insistence of his romantic, paralyzed sister, and an interesting relationship develops between Selma and Taner through the broadcast. Hundreds of people who listen to her heartfelt conversations every night, connecting with the radio studio, take an interest in this relationship.

Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi

1997

Umut Yarına Kaldı poster
NR

A director's filmmaking process; friendships of the director, who has lost hope in life, with the tenants living in the same house.

Umut Yarına Kaldı

1988

Umut Yarına Kaldı poster
NR

A director's filmmaking process; friendships of the director, who has lost hope in life, with the tenants living in the same house.

Umut Yarına Kaldı

1988

Umut Yarına Kaldı poster
NR

A director's filmmaking process; friendships of the director, who has lost hope in life, with the tenants living in the same house.

Umut Yarına Kaldı

1988

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek poster
10.0

The turbulent history of a country will be narrated through a modern ballet imbued with extraordinary aesthetics and poetry, staged as if on a theater stage. While the events are narrated solely through the modern ballet from a historical perspective, the impact of these events on society and their reflections on individuals are narrated through a love story embedded in the main story. Finally, an analysis is presented to the audience, composed of people from all segments of society, of how these events shaped society in 1990.

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek

1991

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek poster
10.0

The turbulent history of a country will be narrated through a modern ballet imbued with extraordinary aesthetics and poetry, staged as if on a theater stage. While the events are narrated solely through the modern ballet from a historical perspective, the impact of these events on society and their reflections on individuals are narrated through a love story embedded in the main story. Finally, an analysis is presented to the audience, composed of people from all segments of society, of how these events shaped society in 1990.

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek

1991

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek poster
10.0

The turbulent history of a country will be narrated through a modern ballet imbued with extraordinary aesthetics and poetry, staged as if on a theater stage. While the events are narrated solely through the modern ballet from a historical perspective, the impact of these events on society and their reflections on individuals are narrated through a love story embedded in the main story. Finally, an analysis is presented to the audience, composed of people from all segments of society, of how these events shaped society in 1990.

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek

1991

İstanbul'da Aşk poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

İstanbul'da Aşk

2011

İstanbul'da Aşk poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

İstanbul'da Aşk

2011

Yağmur Kaçakları poster
5.0

The film tells the story of a man who flees abroad and his relationship with a foreign woman. The man is in prison for a thought crime. The man's sole purpose in escaping from prison is to leave the country. With the help of a friend, he goes to France to stay with his brother. There, he meets a woman named Michelle, who is going through personal difficulties. Despite the language barrier, the two quickly fall in love. Meanwhile, the man applies for asylum in France. However, when his application is rejected, he leaves France and returns to Turkey. Michelle, who refuses to give up on her lover, decides to follow him to Turkey.

Yağmur Kaçakları

1987