Born in Adana in 1933 and dying in Istanbul in 2010, Yılmaz Duru sang in the 1940s and acted in about seventy films from 1950. He trained as a dancer, taught dance in the United States and studied film and television there. Back in Turkey he founded the company Tura Film and worked as producer, director and writer, directing some 37 films between 1964 and 1996. He won the Golden Orange for best director twice in a row, for Zalimler (1967) and İnce Cumali (1968), and best director at Adana for Kara Doğan (1972). He received a lifetime award at Antalya in 1997.
Filmography
- Erkekler Ağlamaz (1964)
- Zalimler (1967)
- İnce Cumali (1968)
- Bin Yıllık Yol (1969)
- Büyük Öç (1970)
- Kara Doğan (1972)