Yilmaz Güney: Yilmaz Güney. Writer: Yol. Güney and his work were almost entirely unknown outside of his homeland Turkey until his 1981 escape from imprisonment in Turkey and his "discovery" the following year at the Cannes Film Festival for his autobiographical screenplay for Yol (1982), the festival's grand prize winner. Born in 1937 in a village near the southern city of Adana, Güney studied law and economics at the universities in Ankara...
Known For: Yol (Writer), Agit (Cobanoglu), Bir Çirkin Adam (Bino), Umutsuzlar (Firat)