Şerif Gören

Biography

Şerif Gören is a Turkish film director born in Xanthi, Greece in 1944. He won the Palme d'Or award in 1982 for his direction of Yol, which he helmed on behalf of Yılmaz Güney while the latter was imprisoned. Gören's career began as an editor and assistant director before directing his first film, Endişe (The Anxiety), in 1974, followed by Berberdeki Adam in "Kurbagalar" (1985). He directed over thirty films in a decade.