Halit Refiğ with novelist Kemal TahirMavi Boncuk |
IN MEMORIAM
Halit Refiğ (March 5, 1934 İzmir - October 11, 2009 İstanbul),
Turkish film director, film producer and screenwriter.
Halit Refiğ graduated from Şişli Terakki High School in 1951 and attended Robert College Engineering in Istanbul. He made his first films in 8mm while he served as a military reserve officer in Korea, Japan and Ceylon. He wrote articles on cinema at newspapers in 1956 and published the Sinema Dergisi magazine together with Nijat Özön. He began his career as Atıf Yılmaz's assistant in 1957 together with Yılmaz Güney. He also worked as scriptwriter for Atıf Yılmaz and Memduh Ün. His directorial debut was Forbidden Love (Yasak Aşk) (1961).
He has made about 60 films including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He was awarded Best Director at the Golden Orange Film Festival in 1964, 1989 and 1990 a lifetime achievement award in 2008.
With Metin Erksan he was considered as the main proponents of the National Cinema movement in Turkey and he has written its theoretical basis in a book named, “Ulusal Sinema Kavgası” (National Cinema Fight) as well penning more than 300 articles on culture and East-West paradigm of Turkey .He also worked as lecturer at the Cinema-TV Department of Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul. Refiğ was given the title of “Honorary Professor” by Marmara University in 1997.
IN MEMORIAM
Halit Refiğ (March 5, 1934 İzmir - October 11, 2009 İstanbul),
Turkish film director, film producer and screenwriter.
Halit Refiğ graduated from Şişli Terakki High School in 1951 and attended Robert College Engineering in Istanbul. He made his first films in 8mm while he served as a military reserve officer in Korea, Japan and Ceylon. He wrote articles on cinema at newspapers in 1956 and published the Sinema Dergisi magazine together with Nijat Özön. He began his career as Atıf Yılmaz's assistant in 1957 together with Yılmaz Güney. He also worked as scriptwriter for Atıf Yılmaz and Memduh Ün. His directorial debut was Forbidden Love (Yasak Aşk) (1961).
He has made about 60 films including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He was awarded Best Director at the Golden Orange Film Festival in 1964, 1989 and 1990 a lifetime achievement award in 2008.
With Metin Erksan he was considered as the main proponents of the National Cinema movement in Turkey and he has written its theoretical basis in a book named, “Ulusal Sinema Kavgası” (National Cinema Fight) as well penning more than 300 articles on culture and East-West paradigm of Turkey .He also worked as lecturer at the Cinema-TV Department of Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul. Refiğ was given the title of “Honorary Professor” by Marmara University in 1997.
