Ömer Lütfi Akad

Lütfi Ömer Akad (b. 1916, Istanbul) studied economics and then worked in the banking sector as production head and accountant. He debuted as film director with Kill the Whore (Vurum kahpeye, 1949). He established a unique style in Turkish cinema and became one of the pioneers of the "directors' generation". In the seventies he created the famous trilogy The Bride (Gelin, 1973) / The Wedding (Dugun, 1973) / Bloody Money (Diyet, 1974), considered his masterpiece. Forced by the unfavourable conditions, he later withdrew from cinema. He directed several adaptations for TV and taught at the Institute of Film and Television, Mimar Sinan University.

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