Remzi Aydın Jöntürk
Film director
1936 – 1987
Who was Remzi Aydın Jöntürk?
Remzi Aydın Jöntürk was a prominent Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, producer as well as a sculptor and a paint artist. He directed more than a hundred and twenty feature films between 1964 and 1987 until his death in a car accident while returning from shooting of the movie Afrodit starring Banu Alkan.
Jöntürk is credited for creating and directing some of the most famous examples of the Turkish psychedelic cinema including Yarinsiz Adam and Yıkılmayan Adam, both starring Cüneyt Arkın as part of his psychedelic social-action The Adam Trilogy
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He is considered one of the most prominent psychedelic-action film makers of 1970's Turkish cinema during its boom period. This is due to his unorthodox use of psychedelic yet political and criminal themes, as well as over-expressive dialogs in the movies he directed, produced and written.
An alumnus of highly privileged Kuleli Military High School, Jöntürk entered cinema in 1960s heyday for Turkish film industry as a set designer, became assistant director to Sureyya Duru. In 1964, he directed his first film 'Zımba Gibi Delikanlı' starring Palme d'Or winner Yilmaz Guney.
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- Born
- 1936
Erzincan - Also known as
- Remzi Aydin Jonturk
- Remzi A. Jöntürk
- Remzi Cöntürk
- Remzi Aydýn
- Remzi Jöntürk
- Spouses
- Müjgan Jöntürk
(1966 - 1987/09)
- Müjgan Jöntürk
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 1, 1987
Istanbul
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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