As Director, As Writer
72. Koğuş
1987
7.2
Erdoğan Tokatlı
Directing
Birth Date
June 3, 1939
Place of Birth
Denizli, Turkey
Date of Death
June 5, 2010
Biography
Erdoğan Tokatlı was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and translator, known for his contributions to Turkish cinema. Born in Denizli, he was influenced by his elder brother, Atilla Tokatlı, a writer-director who studied cinema in France. Erdoğan Tokatlı began his career as an assistant director to Memduh Ün on the film Mahallenin Sevgilisi (1960). He made his directorial debut with Son Kuşlar (1965), considered a masterpiece.
