Director Tunç Başaran lost his life
Tunç Başaran, one of the master directors of his cinema, lost his life in the hospital where he was being treated.
BirGun
12/18/2019
Tunç Başaran, who was receiving treatment for a while, died at the age of 81 at the Istanbul Göztepe Civilization Training and Research Hospital.
Tunç Başaran, had been living with his mother Pakize Başaran in Bandırma for 12 years, was treated for a soft tissue tumor and died of respiratory failure. Basaran, who undertook the directing of many films in the cinema, was known for his Oscar-nominated nomination 'Kite Kite' and 'Piano Piano Bacaksız' and finally for his film Abuzer Kadayıf. Basaran's funeral information was not yet clear.
Who isTunçBasaran
Tunç Başaran was born on October 1, 1938 in Istanbul. He spent his childhood and youth in the Fatih district of Istanbul. He said that the place that changed his life was Şehzadebaşı, formerly known as Direklerarası; because there were seven or eight cinemas. From the age of six he became enthusiastic about the films that played in the cinemas.
While studying at the Faculty of Literature, he met director Memduh Ün. Ün, who read a script he wroteab and offered to assist him. He worked with Ün for four years. He also worked as an assistant to famous directors such as Lütfi Akad, Halit Refiğ, Atıf Yılmaz and Ertem Göreç.
In 1964, he worked with Orhan Kemal, who made the play “Borusunu Öttüren” into his first film. Then he shot “Mem Kara Memet” and Orhan Kemal's “Watchman Murtaza”. He went into the army in 1966.
After his military service, he started to work in the advertising industry and began shooting commercials. After fifteen years, he believed it was time to make a feature film again. He invested all the money he earned in the script “Biri and Others” which he wrote himself. The film brought him the Special Jury Prize at the 1987 Antalya Film Festival, followed by the Best Turkish Film Award at the 1988 Film Festival in Istanbul (Istanbul Film Days). Then he made “Don't Shoot the Kite” (1989). This film, which won the Best Turkish Film of the Year award at the 8th International Istanbul Film Festival, it was nominated for an Academy Award nomination for “Best Foreign Film”. This was followed by the film “Piano Piano Leg” (1991). He also achieved success with “Don't Shoot the Kite”.
BASARAN, Tunç
Born: 10/1/1938, Istanbul, Turkey
Died: 12/18/2019, Istanbul, Turkey
Tunç Başaran’s westerns – director, writer:
Korkusuz Kaptan Swing – 1971 [director]
Sehvet – 1972 [director, writer]
Vur – 1972 [director, writer]