Başar Sabuncu
Known for

Directing

Credits

18

Gender

Man

Birthday

9 Sept 1943

Day of death

17 June 2015 (71)

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Also known as

Başar Sabuncu

Biography

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 roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1963Dişi Örümcek
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1993The PassengerDirector
1993The PassengerWriter
1988The Rich One's KitchenDirector
1988The Rich One's KitchenWriter
1988ImpromptuDirector
1988ImpromptuWriter
1986The Woman Whom Must Be HangedDirector
1986The Woman Whom Must Be HangedScreenplay
1986Queen of HeartsDirector
1986Queen of HeartsScreenplay
1985Naked CitizenDirector
1985Naked CitizenWriter
1984The Honest OneWriter
1984Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e KarşıDirector
1983Şalvar DavasıWriter
1980Talihli AmeleWriter
1980The SacrificeWriter