Director

Yılmaz Duru

Acting

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Directed movies: 12Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 1384593

IMDb ID: nm0244424

Known for: Acting

Born: August 8, 1929

Died: March 1, 2010

Age: 80

Place of birth: Adana, Turkey

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1950 - 1991

Years active: 42

Wikidata: Q6097099

Also known as

Йылмаз Дуру

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Director (12)Music (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Yılmaz Duru (8 August 1929, Adana - 2 March 2010, Istanbul ) was a Turkish actor, producer, director, screenwriter and dancer. Duru, who started his art career in 1944 with the operetta "The Voice", started acting in 1954 after working as a professional dancer for a while. He married Nilüfer Aydan . He went to America and taught dance. He received training in cinema and television there and after returning to Turkey, he founded a company called Tura Film and started directing and producing. He worked with Soviet film producers. He wrote scripts. He composed music for three films in his art life.