Osman Behlül Dal

Director, poet and writer (B. April 22, 1922, Istanbul – D. June 20, 2002, Antalya). He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Law. He worked as regional production director and general director in Community Centers. He is the originator of Golden Orange Film Festival. He has received several awards; including 1975 European Primeness Award, France Merite Civique Order of Merit, European Cinema TV Union Special Award, 1985 Cinema Success Award of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 1986 Hakkı Tarık Us Success and Media Award and 8 Golden Orange awards in 8 consecutive years; along with other national and international short film contests. His plays were in the repertoire of Community Centers. He held the first voice-poetry exhibition in Turkey.

WORKS:

POETRY: O Kadın (1951).

SCENARIO: Bir Damla Suyun Hikâyesi, Taşların Aşkı, Vur­gun, Rüya Gibiydi, Güneşin Battığı Yer, Akın Bıçaklar, Hasret, Yuva Hasreti, Çatalağzı Ku­yusu, Grizu, Atatürk Evleri, Altın Koylar, Kut­sal Emanetler, Yitirilen Dünya, Yaşayan Ça­nakkale (over two hundred short-length films), İnsanlık İçin (Kuduz), Izdırap Çocuğu, Kıbrıs Şehitleri (full-length films), Millî Mücadele Yılları (11 episodes TV series).

REFERENCE: V. Recai Velibeyoğlu / ÖBBŞKA (1st vol., 1975), Who’s Who in Turkey 1990-1992 (1992), TDOE-TDE Ansiklopedisi 3 (2003), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).