Ülkü Erakalın

Known for: Directing
Born: June 9, 1934, Istanbul, Turkey
Died: April 6, 2016
Movies: 100

Ülkü Erakalın , (June 9, 1934, Istanbul - April 6, 2016, Istanbul ), Turkish producer and director.

He is the son of Vaso (Vasiliki) Hanım, one of the Direklerarası kanto singers, and Abdurrahman Bey, another Direklerarası musician and a graduate of Muzika-yı Hümayun. He was born in Beyoğlu. He started his education in 1941 at the Dokuzuncu Primary School in Kasımpaşa. After primary school, he entered the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department in 1947 with an exam. He took piano, violin and flute lessons. He worked as a magazine writer in Radyo Âlemi and Sinema 63 magazines.

Erakalın, who graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department, started her art life in 1958. The artist, who gained her first experiences as an assistant to Lütfi Akad , exhibited her first work in the art of cinema in 1961 with the film Unutamamımın Kadın (Woman I Forgot). In the film Unfinished Ayyaş, he included scenes from real life and the life of her mother Vaso (Vasilik) Hanım, a master kanto singer and theater actress who came to Turkey from Greece. In addition to her experience as a musician, he also worked as a producer with a company called "Duygu Film". He wrote four books, mostly including her memoirs. Erakalın, who acted in one film as an actress, directed many films during the sex film craze of the 1970s. He has made around 200 films.

Best-Known Movies

4.7

Bitirimler Sınıfı

1975

5.7

Gözleri Ömre Bedel

1964

6.2

Afacan the Little Tramp

1971

4.0

Kanlı Nigar

1968

3.3

Back Streets

1963

6.3

Woman of Sorrows

1986

7.0

Serseri Aşık

1965

7.5

Lekeli Kadın

1962

7.0

I'm Under My Hat

1965

7.0

The Sinful Woman

1966

Filmography

2008	İzzet Günay Belgeseli	Self
1963	Back Streets

Directing, Writing & Producing

2010	Çığlık Çığlığa Bir Sevda	Director, Producer, Writer
2000	Ünlü Yıldız	Director
1986	Woman of Sorrows	Writer, Director
1986	Hayroş	Director, Writer
1985	Bir İlkbahar Sabahı	Director, Writer
1985	Satmışım Anasını	Director, Writer
1984	Sensiz Olamam	Director, Screenplay
1984	Sev Yeter	Director, Writer
1979	Günahkâr Kadın	Director, Writer
1979	Fakir	Director
1979	Şıllık	Director, Writer
1979	Bizim Fıstıklar	Director, Screenplay
1979	Hot Belle	Director, Screenplay
1979	Çiplaklar	Director
1979	Seven Husbands	Writer, Director
1979	Gönül Oyunu / Yatak Hikayemiz	Director
1979	Vur Davula Tokmağı	Director, Writer
1978	Hayat Kadınları	Writer, Director
1978	Yara	Writer, Director
1977	Yeşilçam Sokağı	Director, Writer
1976	Ben Sana Mecburum	Director
1976	Sevdalılar	Director
1975	Bitirimler Sınıfı	Director
1975	Taşralı Kız	Director
1974	Eski Kurtlar	Director
1974	Düşmanlarım Çatlasın	Director
1974	Silemezler Gönlümden	Director, Screenplay, Producer
1974	Ayyaş	Producer, Director, Screenplay
1974	Ablam	Director
1973	Dikiz Aynası	Director
1973	Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı	Director
1973	Bir Garip Yolcu	Director
1973	Kızım	Director, Producer
1973	Kahpe	Director
1972	Afacan Harika Çocuk	Director
1971	The Stepmother	Director
1971	Afacan the Little Tramp	Director
1971	Beklenen Şarkı	Director
1971	Mıstık	Director
1970	Son Nefes	Writer, Director
1970	Yaşamak Kolay Değil	Director, Writer
1970	Ana Gibi Yar Olmaz	Director, Writer
1969	Ölmüş Bir Kadının Mektupları	Director
1968	The Clerk	Director
1968	Kanlı Nigar	Director
1968	Paydos	Director
1968	The Jail Bride	Director
1968	Yayla Kartalı	Director
1968	Kadın Severse	Director
1967	Hırçın Kadın	Director
1967	Kiralık Kadın	Director
1967	Sen Benimsin	Director
1967	Anjelik Osmanlı Saraylarında	Director
1966	Kucaktan Kucağa	Director
1966	Şoför Deyip Geçmeyin	Director
1966	Katiller de Ağlar	Director, Producer
1966	Şoförün Kızı	Director
1966	Avare Kız	Director
1966	The Woman Of My Life	Director
1966	Black Rose	Director
1966	Ayşecik Sokak Kızı	Director
1966	The Sinful Woman	Director, Producer
1966	İntikam Ateşi	Director
1966	Yosma	Director
1965	From the Lips to the Heart	Director
1965	I'm Under My Hat	Producer, Director
1965	Sevgili Öğretmenim	Director
1965	Sevişmek Yasak	Producer
1965	Serseri Aşık	Director
1965	Farewell Kiss	Director, Producer
1965	Uzakta Kal Sevgilim	Director
1965	Ölümden Beter	Director
1965	Yıldızların Altında	Director
1965	Dağ Çiçeği	Director
1964	Muhteşem Serseri	Director
1964	Öpüşmek Yasak	Director
1964	Tophaneli Osman	Director
1964	Anasının Kuzusu	Director
1964	Bana Derler Külhanlı	Director
1964	Yalnız Değiliz	Director
1964	Hepimiz Kardeşiz	Director, Producer
1964	Gözleri Ömre Bedel	Director
1964	Fate Knocks	Producer, Director
1964	Mualla	Director, Writer
1964	Köye Giden Gelin	Producer, Director
1964	Tığ Gibi Delikanlı	Director
1963	İki Kocalı Kadın	Director
1963	The Stolen Love	Director
1963	Avare Şoförün Kısmeti	Director
1963	Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek	Director
1963	Back Streets	Director
1962	Ekmek Parası	Director
1962	Lekeli Kadın	Director
1962	Red Carnations	Director, Writer
1962	Biz de Arkadaş mıyız?	Director
1961	Ümitsiz Bekleyiş	Director
1961	Unutamadığım Kadın	Director
1961	İki Yetime	Director

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