FILM DIRECTOR

Şerif Gören

1944 - 2024

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Şerif Gören (Greek: Σερίφ Γκιορέν, romanized: Seríf Gkiorén, 1 July 1944 – 8 December 2024) was a Turkish film director. Aside from important films under his own signature, he was also the winner of the Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") award in Cannes Film Festival in 1982 for the film Yol, which he had directed on behalf of Yılmaz Güney, who at the time was serving a prison sentence for the murder of Yumurtalık judge Sefa Mutlu. Gören started his film career as an editor, and then continued as an assistant director to Yılmaz Güney. He and Güney started directing Endişe (The Anxiety) in 1974, in the beginning of which Güney was arrested and sent to prison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Şerif Gören is the 462nd most popular film director (up from 1,115th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Greece (up from 759th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Şerif Gören ranks 462 out of 2,041. Before him are Joe Dante, John Boorman, William A. Wellman, Sam Mendes, Jean Eustache, and Yann Arthus-Bertrand. After him are Aleksandar Petrović, David Yates, Anton Corbijn, David Byrne, D. J. Caruso, and Walter Frentz.

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Among people born in 1944, Şerif Gören ranks 245. Before him are Goukouni Oueddei, Charles Sobhraj, Rory Byrne, James Michel, Juan Ramón Verón, and Jill Clayburgh. After him are Brian Weiss, John Njue, Peter Cetera, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Nelson Freire, and Helena Rojo. Among people deceased in 2024, Şerif Gören ranks 167. Before him are Bill Viola, Robert Badinter, John Ashton, James Herbert Brennan, Muhammed Faris, and Selim Hoss. After him are Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Helena Rojo, Klaus Wolfermann, John Amos, Neophyte of Bulgaria, and Vladimir Aksyonov.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Şerif Gören ranks 455 out of 1,024. Before him are Asclepigenia (400), Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923), Turhan Pasha Përmeti (1846), Maria Farantouri (1947), Polykleitos the Younger (-400), and Agoracritus (-500). After him are Podalirius (null), Hermarchus (-325), Archelaus of Sparta (-790), Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967), Demophon of Eleusis (null), and Posidippus (-310).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Greece

Among film directors born in Greece, Şerif Gören ranks 3. Before him are Theo Angelopoulos (1935), and Costa-Gavras (1933). After him are Yorgos Lanthimos (1973), Nikos Koundouros (1926), Athina Rachel Tsangari (1966), and Phedon Papamichael (1962).

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