Turkish football player film director actor editor screenwriter producer lecturer and Honorary Professor He graduated from Vefa Lisesi in 1937 In 1938 he dropped out of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in the third year of his education Ün changed the language of cinema by going beyond the melodrama mould with the film Üc Arkadas in 1958 The film was considered one of the best films of Turkish cinema Thanks to his success in this film he was invited to the Film Friends Association and became one of the important directors of Turkish cinema During this period he started to live with Fatma Girik and the couples relationship continued for life In 1960 he started the era of child stars in Turkish cinema history with the film Aysecik After his success with Aysecik his partnership with Arsavir Alyanak at Yakut Film ended and he founded Ugur Film In 1990 he made his first selffinanced film Tüm Kapilar Kapaliydi in which he turned to a subject and cinematography not seen in his previous films This was followed by the films Gün Ortasinda Karanlik and Zikkimin Kökü which received many awards The last film he directed was Sinema Bir Mucizedir 2005 but due to his illness he could not complete the film and handed it over to Tunc Basaran He worked as a lecturer at Mimar Sinan University CinemaTV Department Film worker Memduh Ün died on 16 October 2015 at the age of 95 in Bodrum where he was being treated IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin
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