Memduh Ün
Directing • Born 1920-03-14 – Died 2015-10-16
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
Filmography
58 credits
Vagabond
Movie • 1967
Lütfü Engin (voice)
Three Friends
Movie • 1971
Doktor
İstanbul'un Kızları
Movie • 1964
Komiser
Farewell Kiss
Movie • 1965
Ayşecik Yavru Melek
Movie • 1962
Ferit
Gülsüm Ana
Movie • 1982
Doctor
Paranın Esiri
Movie • 1985
Zehir Hafiye
Movie • 1971
Unmade Bed
Movie • 1984
Derdim Dünyadan Büyük
Movie • 1978
Onu Ben Öldürdüm
Movie • 1952
Kemal
Aşk Istıraptır
Movie • 1953
Yaban Kız
Movie • 1954
Yetim Yavrular
Movie • 1955
Günahkar Baba
Movie • 1955
As Long as We Live
Movie • 1969
Ziya
Zeynebin Aşkı
Movie • 1957
Yetim Ömer
Movie • 1957
For Chastity
Movie • 1960
Patron Kenan
Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class
Movie • 1984
Tahsin Bey
Feryat
Movie • 1973
Vedat
Üç Korkusuz Arkadaş
Movie • 1966
Erkek ve Dişi
Movie • 1966
Walking After Midnight
Movie • 1992
Ali
Çarıklı Milyoner
Movie • 1983
Gazete Genel Yayın Yönetmeni
Whistle If You Come Back
Movie • 1993
Bardaki Adam
Darbe
Movie • 1976
Şakir Bey
The Broken Lifes
Movie • 1965
Talat
Mahallenin Sevgilisi
Movie • 1960
Doktor
Karadeniz Postası
Movie • 1949
Sinema Bir Mucizedir
Movie • 2005
Doktor
Aşk Hırsızı
Movie • 1961
Cemil
The Hopeless Ones
Movie • 1971
Memduh
Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
Movie • 2019
Self
Vazife Uğruna
Movie • 1986
Emniyet Müdürü
Gün Ortasında Karanlık
Movie • 1990
Tiyatro Hocası
İstanbul 79
Movie • 1979
Ercanın Babası
The Death Curtain
Movie • 1960
Zübük
Movie • 1980
Huzur Partisi Milletvekili
Murat ile Nazlı
Movie • 1972
Sezercik Aslan Parçası
Movie • 1972
Komiser
Damga
Movie • 1948
Akrep Yuvası
Movie • 1977
Windfall
Movie • 1980
Doktor
Delicesine
Movie • 1976
Cemil Dönüyor
Movie • 1978
Kahreden Gençlik
Movie • 1985
Sevil'in Babası
Polis Dosyası
Movie • 1989
Hayat Acıları
Movie • 1951
Ana Hasreti
Movie • 1956
Bekçiler Kralı
Movie • 1979
Fabikatör Ertuğrul
The Indestructible Man
Movie • 1977
Ölüm Peşimizde
Movie • 1960
Hüsnü
İzzet Günay Belgeseli
Movie • 2008
Self
Poor
Movie • 1986
Yönetmen
Vahşi Sevda
Movie • 1966
Yeniden Doğmak
TV • 1987
Hakim
Altın Koza
TV • 1969
Nominee