Metin Erksan
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1929, Çanakkale, Türkiye
- Died
- August 4, 2012
- Movies
- 44
Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012), born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, was a Turkish film director and art historian.
Metin Erksan gained success with films depicting the problems of people from the countryside he adopted from the literature. Susuz Yaz won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, Germany. Yılanların Öcü (1962) was awarded in 1966 at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. He was named "Best Director" with his film Kuyu (1968) at the first edition of International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Along with renowned film director Halit Refiğ, he was credited as the representative of the national cinema in Turkey.
From 1970 on, he directed films aimed for commercial success. In 1974-1975, he filmed five Turkish stories (Hanende Melek by Sabahattin Ali, Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Bir İntihar by Samet Ağaoğlu, Müthiş Bir Tren by Sait Faik Abasıyanık and Sazlık by Hulusi Koray) as short films for television. His 1977 film The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1974 horror movie Şeytan is known as the "Turkish Exorcist" due to the movies' similar plots.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1984 | Fırtına Gönüller | Writer |
| 1977 | I Cannot Live Without You | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Wild Lover | Screenplay |
| 1976 | The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1975 | Melek The Singer | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | Dresses Of Times Past | Director |
| 1975 | A Suicide | Director |
| 1975 | The Reeds | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | A Horrible Train | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | The Exorcist | Director |
| 1973 | Dağdan İnme | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | Süreyya | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | The Bald Boy and Cankiz | Director |
| 1971 | Feride | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Makber | Director |
| 1971 | Hicran | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | Eyvah | Director |
| 1970 | Sevenler Ölmez | Director |
| 1969 | The Well | Screenplay, Director |
| 1969 | Hot Gypsy | Director |
| 1969 | Dağlar Kızı Reyhan | Director |
| 1969 | İki Hikayeli Film: İki Günahsız Kız - Yılın Kadını Değil | Screenplay, Director |
| 1967 | Ayrılsak da Beraberiz | Director |
| 1966 | The Immortal Love | Screenplay, Director |
| 1965 | Time to Love | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1964 | The Guilty Are Among Us | Director, Screenplay |
| 1964 | İstanbul Kaldırımları | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | Dry Summer | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | Çifte Kumrular | Director |
| 1962 | Sahte Nikah | Director |
| 1962 | Acı Hayat | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | Revenge of the Snakes | Screenplay, Director |
| 1961 | Mahalle Arkadaşları | Director, Writer |
| 1961 | Oy Farfara Farfara | Director |
| 1960 | Beyond the Nights | Director, Screenplay |
| 1959 | Nebahat The Driver | Director, Writer |
| 1959 | Hicran Yarası | Screenplay, Director |
| 1958 | Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor | Director, Screenplay |
| 1958 | Three Friends | Screenplay |
| 1956 | The Abandoned Documents of a Dead Woman | Director, Screenplay |
| 1955 | Yolpalas Cinayeti | Screenplay, Director |
| 1954 | Cingöz Recai: White Hell | Director, Screenplay |
| 1953 | The Dark World | Director |
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