Halit Refiğ

Directing•Born March 5, 1934•Died October 11, 2009 (age 75)•Izmir, Turkey

Biography

Halit Refiğ (5 March 1934 – 11 October 2009) was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He is considered to be the pioneer of the National Cinema movement and the initiator of the production of TV serials in Turkey.