Memduh Ün
Born March 14, 1920 (Age: 106)
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Kasımpaşa, İstanbul, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu
Biography
Turkish football player, film director, actor, editor, screenwriter, producer, lecturer and Honorary Professor. He graduated from Vefa Lisesi in 1937. In 1938, he dropped out of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in the third year of his education. Ün changed the language of cinema by going beyond the melodrama mould with the film Üc Arkadas in 1958. The film was considered one of the best films of Turkish cinema. Thanks to his success in this film, he was invited to the Film Friends Association and became one of the important directors of Turkish cinema. During this period, he started to live with Fatma Girik and the couple's relationship continued for life. In 1960, he started the era of child stars in Turkish cinema history with the film Aysecik. After his success with Aysecik, his partnership with Arsavir Alyanak at Yakut Film ended and he founded Ugur Film. In 1990, he made his first self-financed film, Tüm Kapilar Kapaliydi, in which he turned to a subject and cinematography not seen in his previous films. This was followed by the films Gün Ortasinda Karanlik and Zikkimin Kökü, which received many awards. The last film he directed was Sinema Bir Mucizedir (2005), but due to his illness he could not complete the film and handed it over to Tunc Basaran. He worked as a lecturer at Mimar Sinan University Cinema-TV Department. Film worker Memduh Ün died on 16 October 2015 at the age of 95 in Bodrum where he was being treated. IMDb mini bio by; yusufpiskin
Turkish football player, film director, actor, editor, screenwriter, producer, lecturer and Honorary Professor.
He graduated from Vefa Lisesi in 1937. In 1938, he dropped out of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in the third year of his education.
Ün changed the language of cinema by going beyond the melodrama mould with the film Üc Arkadas in 1958. The film was considered one of the best films of Turkish cinema. Thanks to his success in this film, he was invited to the Film Friends Association and became one of the important directors of Turkish cinema. During this period, he started to live with Fatma Girik and the couple's relationship continued for life.
In 1960, he started the era of child stars in Turkish cinema history with the film Aysecik. After his success with Aysecik, his partnership with Arsavir Alyanak at Yakut Film ended and he founded Ugur Film.
In 1990, he made his first self-financed film, Tüm Kapilar Kapaliydi, in which he turned to a subject and cinematography not seen in his previous films. This was followed by the films Gün Ortasinda Karanlik and Zikkimin Kökü, which received many awards. The last film he directed was Sinema Bir Mucizedir (2005), but due to his illness he could not complete the film and handed it over to Tunc Basaran.
He worked as a lecturer at Mimar Sinan University Cinema-TV Department.
Film worker Memduh Ün died on 16 October 2015 at the age of 95 in Bodrum where he was being treated.
IMDb mini bio by; yusufpiskin
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Filmography
İzzet Günay Belgeseli
2008
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as Self
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Age: 87
Sinema Bir Mucizedir
2005
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as Doktor
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Age: 85
Whistle If You Come Back
1993
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as Bardaki Adam
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Age: 72
Walking After Midnight
1992
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as Ali
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Age: 72
Gün Ortasında Karanlık
1990
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as Tiyatro Hocası
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Age: 69
Polis Dosyası
1989
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Age: 68
Paranın Esiri
1985
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Age: 65
Kahreden Gençlik
1985
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as Sevil'in Babası
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Age: 64
Zübük
1980
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as Huzur Partisi Milletvekili
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Age: 60
Windfall
1980
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as Doktor
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Age: 60
Cemil Dönüyor
1978
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Age: 58
Derdim Dünyadan Büyük
1978
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Age: 58
Cevriyem
1978
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Age: 57
Akrep Yuvası
1977
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Age: 57
The Indestructible Man
1977
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Age: 56
Delicesine
1976
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Age: 55
Feryat
1973
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as Vedat
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Age: 52
Sezercik Aslan Parçası
1972
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as Komiser
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Age: 52
Murat ile Nazlı
1972
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Age: 51
Zehir Hafiye
1971
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Age: 51
As Long as We Live
1969
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as Ziya
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Age: 49
Üç Korkusuz Arkadaş
1966
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Age: 45
Erkek ve Dişi
1966
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Age: 45
Vahşi Sevda
1966
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Age: 45
Farewell Kiss
1965
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Age: 44
The Broken Lifes
1965
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as Talat
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Age: 44
İstanbul'un Kızları
1964
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as Komiser
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Age: 44
Ayşecik Yavru Melek
1962
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as Ferit
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Age: 42
Aşk Hırsızı
1961
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as Cemil
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Age: 40
Ölüm Peşimizde
1960
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as Hüsnü
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Age: 40
Mahallenin Sevgilisi
1960
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as Doktor
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Age: 40
The Death Curtain
1960
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Age: 39
For Chastity
1960
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as Patron Kenan
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Age: 39
Ana Hasreti
1956
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Age: 35
Günahkar Baba
1955
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Age: 34
Yetim Yavrular
1955
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Age: 34
Yaban Kız
1954
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Age: 33
Aşk Istıraptır
1953
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Age: 32