Zeki Ökten
Date of Birth: 04 Aug 1941
Country: Turkey
Biography: He was born on August 4, 1942 in Istanbul. Zeki Ökten was interested in theatre during his education at the Haydarpaşa High School. He entered his filmmaking career in 1961 as the assistant director of Nişan Hançer directing Acı Zeytin. Zeki Ökten directed his first film Ölüm Pazarı two years later in 1963. However, he stepped back to the post of assistant director as the success expected did not come. He worked then nine years long as the assistant to the renowned directors
Total Credits at Criticker: 29 (Director)
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5 buddies all of them over 60 unite in their homeplace island where they spent their childhood. (IMDB Comments)
Kemal Sunal plays a foolish garbage man, who falls in love with a municipality officer's fiancee (wikipedia.org)
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill. (imdb)
This is a film about a naive poor garbage man (k. sunal-as apti), falling in love with his chef's (sener sen) fiancée.
Liberation Day is getting close in a typical West Anatolian town with two stored wooden houses, a square and narrow streets. A bunch of locals are gathered to form a choir, to perform classical Turkish music in the celebrations... (cinlilergeliyor.com)
Dütdüt (Kemal Sunal) lives in shantytown and he plays clarinet at night clubs. He works night and day for making money. This film is a political burlesque for Turkey's 80s.
A movie that tells about two different worlds, a man who has to do smuggling to look after his family in country and a soldier who has to shoot him because smuggler tries to run away. Story starts after this, looking into soldier's psychology and smuggler's family.
An ex-convict returns to his homeland and meet by chance with prison guard of his prison.
Tells the story of an oil wrestler (Pehlivan) and gives a portrait of lives of villagers.
The film tells the story of a young man and his relationship with his ex-girlfriend. (tsa.org.tr)
Ismail is out of work despite am obvious willingness to do almost anything to earn enough to provide for his family. He is too well educated for the jobs he hopes to find, but not well enough connected to find the work he is capable of doing. He joins the labour market (much like the colonial slave markets of the 18th century) daily, only to return to his beloved and beautiful wife demoralized and without money. (imdb)
Yoksul [poor] is a poor guy, like his name. He works as a tea seller and loves a girl who deceive him
A public servant saves all his money to a private banker for higher interest against the current inflation. But the banker deceives his depositors. This is a film about a common social problem in that period.
Gonul is a famous singer, her boss Zekeriya is after her money. He gets an assassin, Mehmet. Mehmet accepts the task only to get the money for the operation of Uncle Riza's grandchild. He introduces himself alias Ertugrul and flirts with Gonul. They fall in love with each other. As Gonul wants him to give all her money, Mehmet confesses everything. Zekeriya is still after the money, he abducts Mehmet. Gonul prepares the ransom money. (imdb)
Ali lives alone after her daughter's death and his wife leaving him as she accuses of the death. He is much loved by the neighbour members for his qualities such as charitable, good-natured. All Ali wants is happiness towards the end of his life. (imdb)
Saygilar Bizden (1992) - TV Series
Saygilar Bizden is a Turkish political comedy that was displayed at Star Tv.
Working in a garment workshop, Zeynep (Gülşen Bubikoğlu) lives a modest life in a small house with her mother in the suburbs. Everyone admires Zeynep, a young, beautiful and flamboyant girl, from her town to her grocery store, from her grocery store to her barber. Her mother is a greedy woman who thinks the only way out of poverty is through a rich husband.