About

Known credits:
18
Birthday:
1943-09-09
Place of birth:
Istanbul, Turkey
Website:
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Başar Sabuncu

Overview

Başar Sabuncu graduated from Saint Joseph French High School. He studied theater directing in France for a while. During his theater-cinema adventure, which started with acting in 1961, he is the author of 13 theater plays, 10 film scripts, 1 TV series and 18 radio play adaptations staged on the stages of the State Theaters, Istanbul City Theatre, private theaters and abroad. Director of more than 30 theater plays, 6 cinema films and more than 100 radio play series, including the masterpieces of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Gogol, Lorca, Brecht, Genet, Nazım Hikmet and Orhan Kemal; Translator of some plays by Brecht, Genet, Marivaux and Kovacevic. The awards he won throughout this adventure: Special "homage" weeks were organized for his collected works within the scope of the British Film Institute (London 1988), the French Cinematheque (Paris 1991) and the Mediterranean Cinema Festival (Montpellier 1993); His writing and directing works in the fields of theater and cinema were awarded 24 times, 4 of which were international (London 1969, London 1988, Bastia 1989, Ohrid 1997).

Known for

Acting
1963 Dişi Örümcek Actor N/A
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Directing
1993 The Passenger Directing Director N/A
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1988 The Rich One's Kitchen Directing Director 59
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1988 Impromptu Directing Director 58
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1986 The Woman Whom Must Be Hanged Directing Director 59
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1986 Queen of Hearts Directing Director N/A
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1985 Naked Citizen Directing Director 59
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1984 Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e Karşı Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1993 The Passenger Writing Writer N/A
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1988 The Rich One's Kitchen Writing Writer 59
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1988 Impromptu Writing Writer 58
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1986 The Woman Whom Must Be Hanged Writing Screenplay 59
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1986 Queen of Hearts Writing Screenplay N/A
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1985 Naked Citizen Writing Writer 59
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1984 The Honest One Writing Writer 60
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1983 Şalvar Davası Writing Writer 59
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1980 The Sacrifice Writing Writer 59
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1980 Talihli Amele Writing Writer 58
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