Tunç Başaran

Directing

Tunç Başaran

Born 1938-10-01 · Istanbul, Turkey

Tunç Başaran (October 1, 1938 – December 18, 2019) was a Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. After attending the Faculty of Literature for a while he left school and started working as a script writer for the director Memduh Ün. He then continued to be the assistant of Memduh Ün for a long time. Meanwhile, he also worked as assistant for such directors as Ömer Lütfi Akad, Halit Refiğ, Atıf Yılmaz, Ertem Göreç. In 1964 he directed his first feature Survival. By 1962, he had directed about 40 films. After 1972, he switched to commercials. He directed Don't Let Them Shoot The Kite in 1989. He served on the advisory board of the Istanbul International Film Festival.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Goodbye poster
10.0

The film is about Kemal and his girlfriend Meral breaking up because of a crime Kemal committed. Kemal comes to Istanbul to shop for his sister Mine's wedding. There, he meets Meral. Kemal and Meral fall in love at first sight. Everything is going well when Kemal receives a telegram from his mother. He learns that his sister has been raped and has committed suicide. He flees to Trabzon to take revenge on those responsible for his sister's suicide. His goal is to leave the country from there. During this time, Kemal's path will cross with Meral's once again.

Goodbye

1967

Kara Memed poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kara Memed

1964

Kara Memed poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kara Memed

1964

Gölgedeki Adam poster
9.0

Ekrem is attacked by unknown assailants. When he wakes up in a hospital room, he realizes he can't remember anything. Fearing that his attackers will return, he escapes from the hospital. The only way he can survive is to regain his memory. As Ekrem discovers his past, he finds himself caught up in a web of international intrigue.

Gölgedeki Adam

1970

Gönül Meyhanesi poster
9.0

Gönül meyhanesi tells the story of a young college student (Demir Karahan), living with his sick mother. One night he gets involved in a car accident and loses his sight. The driver (Belgin Doruk) feels guilty about this incident and suffers.

Gönül Meyhanesi

1970

Gönül Meyhanesi poster
9.0

Gönül meyhanesi tells the story of a young college student (Demir Karahan), living with his sick mother. One night he gets involved in a car accident and loses his sight. The driver (Belgin Doruk) feels guilty about this incident and suffers.

Gönül Meyhanesi

1970

Cafer Bey poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cafer Bey

1970

Cafer Bey poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cafer Bey

1970

Tarkan poster
5.7

Tarkan, a fearless and loyal warrior of Attila the Hun, enters into a bloody struggle to capture the sword of God Mars, a weapon granting world domination to those who wield it.

Tarkan

1969

One and the Others poster
7.5

A man, while trying to meet a woman from his dreams, finds a restaurant and begins to have a journey both between dreams and reality, others and himself.

One and the Others

1987

One and the Others poster
7.5

A man, while trying to meet a woman from his dreams, finds a restaurant and begins to have a journey both between dreams and reality, others and himself.

One and the Others

1987

One and the Others poster
7.5

A man, while trying to meet a woman from his dreams, finds a restaurant and begins to have a journey both between dreams and reality, others and himself.

One and the Others

1987

Please Don't Go poster
8.5

In 1930s Antioch during the last days of French Mandate of Syria, Please Don't Leave is the story of Triyandafilis, a fifteen year old mentally disabled daughter of a French merchant named Antoin. Triyandafilis, Not having much freedom because of her situation she spends most of her time locked up in the mansion.

Please Don't Go

1996

Guard Murtaza poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Guard Murtaza

1965

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite poster
7.9

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

1989

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite poster
7.9

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

1989

Horasan'ın Üç Atlısı poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Horasan'ın Üç Atlısı

1965

Sinema Bir Mucizedir poster
6.0

A young boy and a director of a movie theater bond over their love of cinema during the trying times of 1950's Turkey.

Sinema Bir Mucizedir

2005

Sinema Bir Mucizedir poster
6.0

A young boy and a director of a movie theater bond over their love of cinema during the trying times of 1950's Turkey.

Sinema Bir Mucizedir

2005

Kara Davut poster
7.0

Among those Kara Davut rescued from the raid was Gülizar, the daughter of Germiyanoğlu Bey. By rescuing the daughter of Germiyanoğlu Bey, Kara Davut becomes the bey's most valuable man. Meanwhile, Davut falls in love with Gülizar. Kasım, the vizier of Germiyanoğlu Bey, wants to kidnap the bey's daughter and take the throne. Davut goes after Vizier Kasım to both rescue the girl he loves and save the bey from the danger awaiting him.

Kara Davut

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Üç Kral Serseri

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Üç Kral Serseri

The Great Hate poster
6.0

A man tracks down the thugs that killed his son and family.

The Great Hate

1967

The Great Hate poster
6.0

A man tracks down the thugs that killed his son and family.

The Great Hate

1967