Movie director, script
writer, producer. He was born in Istanbul on April 5th, 1946. He is
the husband of Itır Esen, movie actress. Yavuz Turgul graduated from the
Istanbul University, Faculty of Economy, Institute of Journalism and worked as a
journalist. He worked at Ses magazine
for many years. He embarked his career in movie with his scripts he wrote for
Arzu Film company with the help of Ertem Eğilmez (1976). He achieved his first
success with script of Sultan and he
gained fame with the scripts of Çiçek
Abbas and Züğürt Ağa. In 1980, he
worked in advertising sector as a text author and he had a very successful
career in advertising sector. Later, he founded Medina Turgul Company with
Jeffi Medina.
His career as director
began with a movie based on a poet Fahriye
Abla of Ahmet Muhip Dıranas in 1984, and then he achieved great success
with Muhsin Bey and Gölge Oyunu. However, his greatest
success was Eşkiya, which attracted a
rarely seen amount of audience and which was a sensation all by itself in
Turkish movie sector (1996). This movie was the first movie nominated for “Oscar”
awards. Gönül Yarası, of which he was script writer and director and which
was praised highly by critics, was nominated for “Oscar”, too. He wrote the script of Kabadayı,
which attracted wide audience.
Turgul described people
he knew closely through a deep observation together with a cultural background
and perception, thus audience encountered with a strong cultural backbone which
improves itself and calls for a deep revenge or confrontation within his works.
Movie critics and script writers have a great deal of things they could learn
from his movies if they can see the lament of alteration and critical view of
comedy movies. Speaking of a Yavuz Turgul School in Turkish cinema sector and
that the audience is addicted to his movies, are social research subjects all
by themselves.
Turgul came across again
with his own stories, faces, grieves and confrontations which foreboded the resurrection
of Turkish cinema, which was shaken and had a downfall after 1980.
Cinematographic worlds that he created do not address to only a particular
group of audience or a particular place or they are not meant to be watched within
a particular period. His movies are produced with a great caution so that they
would not lose anything in their value even though they are watched in any
place around the world or any time. He wrote the script of Kabadayı directed by Ömer Vargı. That movie broke box office records.
In 2010 Av Mevsimi was released and
this movie, too, attract attention with its authentic and prospering screen play.
In his screen plays and movies, he treats mainly of people who were caught
between the life of a village and a city or melancholy.
Tugrul also directed Aşk Filmlerinin Unutulmaz Yönetmeni
(1996) and Gönül Yarası (2005 ) and
wrote scripts of Efsane Başkentli, Tosun Paşa (1976), Erkek Güzeli Sefil Bilo (1979), Banker
Bilo (1979), Davaro (1981), Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle (1981), İffet
(1982), Aşk Kadını (1983), Şekerpare (1983), Aşk Filmlerinin Unutulmaz Yönetmeni (1990), Gölge Oyunu (1993), Eşkıya (1996), Süper Baba, Gönül Yarası (2005), Kabadayı (2007). He composed the soundtrack of Sultan (1978) and published the script of Züğürt Ağa as a book (1987).
Turgul shot Gönül
Yarası (Lovelorn)
starring
Şener Şen, Meltem Cumbul and Timuçin Esen in 2006. The movie achieved a good
success for as much as it was nominated for Oscar. Besides, it won many awards
in numerous festivals and attracted great attention
Some of the awards Yavuz
Turgul won with his long-running works are; 19th Altın Portakal Antalya
Film Festival The Best Screen Play Award (1982), 7th International
Film Days Special Jury Award, Achievement Award of the Republic of Turkey
Ministry of Culture (1987), Bastia Film Festival Critics’ Jury Award (1997),
Golden Dolphin Troia Film Festival Best Movie (1997) BİRSAD Best Movie (1997).
