Tunç Başaran

Born: 1938-10-01

Tunç Başaran (October 1, 1938 – December 18, 2019) was a Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. After attending the Faculty of Literature for a while he left school and started working as a script writer for the director Memduh Ün. He then continued to be the assistant of Memduh Ün for a long time. Meanwhile, he also worked as assistant for such directors as Ömer Lütfi Akad, Halit Refiğ, Atıf Yılmaz, Ertem Göreç. In 1964 he directed his first feature Survival. By 1962, he had directed about 40 films. After 1972, he switched to commercials. He directed Don't Let Them Shoot The Kite in 1989. He served on the advisory board of the Istanbul International Film Festival.


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Güneş Doğmasın

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-01

Turkish adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun For Sale" (This Gun for Hire).

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Beş Kardeştiler

as uncredited
Released: 1962-05-01

Murat goes to another city with his five sons to escape the blood feud. but his eldest son falls...

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Bire On Vardı

as uncredited
Released: 1963-01-01

Turkish adaptation of the novel “Deadline at Dawn” by Cornell Woolrich.

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Seviştiğimiz Günler

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-01

Sevistigimiz Gunler is a typical socio-economic story of three roommate girls in their early...

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