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FILM DIRECTOR

Şerif Gören

1944 - Today

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Şerif Gören (Greek: Σερίφ Γκιορέν, romanized: Seríf Gkiorén, born 1944 in Xanthi, Greece) is a Turkish film director. Aside from important movies under his own signature, he is also the winner of the Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") award in Cannes Film Festival in 1982 for the film Yol, which he had directed on behalf of Yılmaz Güney, who at the time was serving a prison sentence for the murder of Yumurtalık judge Sefa Mutlu.Gören started his film career as an editor, and then continued as an assistant director to Yılmaz Güney. He and Güney started directing Endişe (The Anxiety) in 1974, in the beginning of which Güney was arrested and sent to prison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Şerif Gören has received more than 50,480 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Şerif Gören is the 1,192nd most popular film director, the 741st most popular biography from Greece and the 5th most popular Greek Film Director.

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  • 50k

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  • 44.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Şerif Gören ranks 1,192 out of 1,581Before him are Tommy Lee Wallace, Frank Tashlin, Richard Eyre, Gianfranco Rosi, Matteo Garrone, and Philippe Rousselot. After him are Francis Girod, José Luis Cuerda, Wally Pfister, Arne Sucksdorff, Lewis Teague, and Šarūnas Bartas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Şerif Gören ranks 497Before him are Terry Cooper, Henry Vestine, Kevin Tighe, Alex Acuña, Earl Monroe, and Gilbert Adair. After him are Francis Girod, Erhard Keller, Joy Fleming, Dave Edmunds, Peter Giles, and Christoph Hein.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Şerif Gören ranks 741 out of 936Before him are Leonidas Kavakos (1967), Nikos Kotzias (1950), Athanasios Miaoulis (1815), Alexandros Othonaios (1879), Nikolaos Morakis (1900), and Traianos Dellas (1976). After him are Maria Polydouri (1902), Dimitrios Valvis (1814), Nikos Machlas (1973), Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (1890), Diomidis Kyriakos (1811), and Konstantinos Dovas (1898).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Greece

Among film directors born in Greece, Şerif Gören ranks 5Before him are Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Costa-Gavras (1933), Yorgos Lanthimos (1973), and Nikos Koundouros (1926). After him are Athina Rachel Tsangari (1966) and Phedon Papamichael (1962).

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