Şerif Gören
Actor · died at 80
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| Age | died at 80 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | July 1, 1944 |
| Birthplace | İskeçe |
| Died | December 8, 2024 |
| Profession | Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film editor |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Şerif Gören — Biography
Şerif Gören (14 October 1944, Xanthi - 8 December 2024) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and editor from the Turkish minority of Western Thrace. Most sources give 14 October as his birth date; Wikidata and the Turkish and English Wikipedia record 1 July 1944.
A scholarship awarded in the name of Celal Bayar brought him to Turkey in 1956, and he attended İstanbul Erkek Lisesi. Meeting Hürrem Erman in 1962 opened the door to cinema: he worked first as an editor, then as Yılmaz Güney's assistant director. When Güney was imprisoned after the two began Endişe (1974), Gören finished it alone, making it his first film as director; it won six prizes at the 12th Antalya Film Festival in 1975, including Best Film and Best Director.
He chaired the Film Directors' Association in 1979-80 and was arrested after the 1980 coup. Yol, directed on behalf of the imprisoned Güney, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1982. He made dozens of features - among them Derman, Firar, Almanya Acı Vatan and Amerikalı - as well as television series, and won two Golden Orange awards. He died on 8 December 2024 aged 80 of complications from a fall; most accounts place his death in Istanbul.
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