Born in Yozgat in 1942 and dying in Istanbul in 2019, Yavuz Özkan directed about twenty films from the 1970s to the 1990s. His The Mine (Maden, 1978) is his best known work abroad. Demiryol (1979) won the Golden Orange when the awards for 1979 were presented in 2011, together with Ömer Kavur's Yusuf ile Kenan. He won best director at Antalya again for Ateş Üstünde Yürümek (1991) and Yengeç Sepeti (1994).
Filmography
- Maden (1978)
- Demiryol (1979)
- Ateş Üstünde Yürümek (1991)
- Yengeç Sepeti (1994)