Metin Erksan

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 19741975 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 He directed 42 films 2 of which he produced himself and he wrote the scripts of 29 films He also starred in the 1998 film Alim Hoca as the title character