FILM DIRECTOR

Sırrı Süreyya Önder

1962 - 2025

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Sırrı Süreyya Önder (7 July 1962 – 3 May 2025) was a Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, columnist and politician. Elected to parliament in 2011 as an independent backed by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), he later joined the party even though he was not of Kurdish descent. He competed in the 2014 municipal elections as the Istanbul mayoral candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the sister party of the BDP, coming third with 412,875 votes (4.83%). In the general election of 7 June 2015 he was elected as MP for the 1st electoral district of Ankara Province. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Sırrı Süreyya Önder is the 728th most popular film director (up from 1,584th in 2024), the 982nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,286th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 728 out of 2,041. Before him are Pasquale Festa Campanile, Russell Mulcahy, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Alexander Payne, Franco Rossi, and Mike Flanagan. After him are Olle Hellbom, Dariush Mehrjui, Herbert Selpin, Luigi Zampa, Hal Roach, and W. S. Van Dyke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 160. Before him are Maruschka Detmers, Karel Roden, Tariq Ramadan, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, David Foster Wallace, and Robert B. Spencer. After him are Kim Vilfort, Maryna Poroshenko, Victoria Ruffo, Thomas Gibson, Patrick Ewing, and Carl Cox. Among people deceased in 2025, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 247. Before him are Al Foster, Diogo Jota, L. J. Smith, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Manolo el del bombo, and Manoj Kumar. After him are Sally Kirkland, Sulochana Gadgil, Mohammed Sinwar, Jack DeJohnette, Calistrat Cuțov, and Mike Castle.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 982 out of 1,347. Before him are Selma Rıza (1872), Aurora Mardiganian (1901), Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764), Bergüzar Korel (1982), Fatma Girik (1942), and Avetis Aharonian (1866). After him are Zipoetes I of Bithynia (-354), Mustafa Dağıstanlı (1931), Orhan Veli Kanık (1914), John the Silent (454), Aphthonius of Antioch (300), and Serapion of Antioch (200).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Türkiye

Among film directors born in Türkiye, Sırrı Süreyya Önder ranks 6. Before him are Elia Kazan (1909), Yılmaz Güney (1937), Henri Verneuil (1920), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959), and Henri Langlois (1914). After him are Ferzan Özpetek (1959), Semih Kaplanoğlu (1963), Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967), Yeşim Ustaoğlu (1960), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964), and Deniz Gamze Ergüven (1978).

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