Atif Yilmaz Batibeki was a renowned Turkish film director screenwriter and film producer After finishing high school in Mersin he attended the Law School of Istanbul University Because of his interest in arts he dropped out of Law School and entered the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul After graduating from the Academy he did some painting works in workshops His education in painting helped him when he was directing his movies as he once remarked In the beginning he worked as a film critic made paintings and wrote film scripts to earn a living After codirecting two movies as an assistant director to Semih Evin in 1950 his directing career began with the film Kanli Feryat The Bloody Cry In 1960 he established his film company Yerli Film with the actor Orhan Günsiray The most important movies in his filmography were Hickirik The Sob Alageyik The Fallow Deer Suclu The Guilty One Seni Kaybedersem If I Lose You Yaban Gülü The Wild Rose Kesanli Ali Destani Kesanli Alis Epic Tacsiz Kral The Crownless King Topragin Kani Blood of the Earth Olum Tarlasi Death Field Utanc The Shame Zavallilar The Poor People Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim My Girl with the Red Scarf Baskin The Raid Adak The Sacrifice Bir Yudum Sevgi A Sip of Love Adi Vasfiye Her Name is Vasfiye Berdel Düs Gezginleri Walking After Midnight Eylül Firtinasi After the Fall and Mine He made movies that were both fluent and had mainly social messages Most of the themes of his movies were taboo when they were produced Particularly Mine and Her Name is Vasfiye were both revolutionary at the time of their release with themes regarding sexuality and the reaction of society He never gave up making movies throughout his life and even in the time when the industry stopped filmmaking due to economic reasons Atif Yilmaz played an important role in the professional career of notable Turkish film directors like Halit Refig Yilmaz Güney Serif Gören Zeki Ökten and Ali Özgentürk During the Antalya Film Festival in September 2005 he was admitted to hospital with gastrointestinal complaints He died on 5 May 2006 in Istanbul IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin
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