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Bilge Olgaç

Bilge Olgaç

First female film director of Turkey to win an award in a women's film festival
"What can a woman achieve, they wondered. You could see the doubt in their eyes."

Date of Birth: 1940

Place of Birth: Kırklareli, Vize

Date of Death: 03/03/1994 1994

Place of Death: Istanbul

Burial Site: Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Istanbul

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Bilge Olgaç

Area of Activity

Film director
"I was a young woman. First, they wondered if and what a woman can achieve. You could see the doubt in their eyes. I pretended to be this aggressive, yelling and shouting. Later on I abandoned this attitude. Because people started to believe in me and trusted me. Since 1962 I have made 33 films, for many of which I have written the screenplay."
(Bilge Olgaç)
Filmographie
  • 1965 Üçünüzü de Mıhlarım
    Babasız Yaşayamam
    Sokaklar Yanıyor
    Krallar Kralı
  • 1966 Nikahsızlar
  • 1967 Garibanız Abiler
    Kanunsuz Toprak
    Silahsız Dövüşelim
  • 1968 Dertli Gönlüm
    Öksüz
  • 1969 Kanlı Şafak
  • 1970 İki Aşk Arasında
    Linç
    Merhamet
  • 1971 Kara Gün
    Üçünüze Bir Mezar
    Yaban Ali
  • 1972 Kaderin Pençesi-Piç
    Kanlı Öç
    Savulun Geliyorum
  • 1974 Açlık
    Bacım
  • 1975 Bir Gün Mutlaka
    Şöhret Budalası
  • 1984 Kaşık Düşmanı
    Yavrularım
  • 1985 Gülüşan
  • 1986 Üç Halka Yirmibeş
  • 1987 İpekçe
  • 1988 Gömlek
    Kızın Adı Fatma
    Yarın Cumartesi
  • 1990 Aşkın Kesişme Noktası
  • 1991 Umut Hep Vardı
  • 1992 Kurşun Adres Sormaz
  • 1994 Bir Yanımız Bahar Bahçe

Awards

  • 1970 Adana "Altın Koza" Film Competition, with "Linç", Best Director price
  • 1984 21. "Altın Portakal" Festival, for Kaşık Düşmanı , best screenplay and third best film
  • 1985 7ème Festival de Films de Femmes de Créteil, France, "Kaşık Düşmanı" (La Chambre de mariage), Grand Prize and Media Prize

Membership

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Education

Bilge Olgaç did not finish grade school.

Contributions to Society

Family and Friends

  • Mother:Münever Olgaç
  • Sister:Mefharet Olgaç
  • Nice:Çiğdem Tetiker
  • Husband:Vecdi Bender
  • FiriendsFeza Sınar (director, screenwriter), Memduh Ün (film director) Halil Ergün (theater and film artist), Füsun Demirel (theater and film artist, translator), Berhan Şimşek (actress, politician), Perihan Savaş (film and theater artist), Osman Şahin (screenwriter, author), Hüseyin Özşahin (director of photography), Aytaç Arman, (actress)

Commemorative Projects

2005 "Kameranın Ardındaki Kadın: Bilge Olgaç", Documentary, 54 min. Written and directed by Feyza Sinar, Turkish English subtitled

Since 2003 "Bilge Olgaç Award" is given to accomplished women in film in "Flying Broom International Women's Festival", Ankara (Uçan Süpürge Uluslararası Kadın Filmleri Festivali).

Further Reading

Sources

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