Turkish football player, film director, actor, editor, screenwriter, producer, lecturer and Honorary Professor. He graduated from Vefa Lisesi in 1937. In 1938, he dropped out of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in the third year of his education. Ün changed the language of cinema by going beyond the melodrama mould with the film Üc Arkadas in 1958. The film was considered one of the best films of Turkish cinema. Thanks to his success in this film, he was invited to the Film Friends Association and became one of the important directors of Turkish cinema. During this period, he started to live with Fatma Girik and the couple's relationship continued for life. In 1960, he started the era of child stars in Turkish cinema history with the film Aysecik. After his success with Aysecik, his partnership with Arsavir Alyanak at Yakut Film ended and he founded Ugur Film. In 1990, he made his first self-financed film, Tüm Kapilar Kapaliydi, in which he turned to a subject and cinematography not seen in his previous films. This was followed by the films Gün Ortasinda Karanlik and Zikkimin Kökü, which received many awards. The last film he directed was Sinema Bir Mucizedir (2005), but due to his illness he could not complete the film and handed it over to Tunc Basaran. He worked as a lecturer at Mimar Sinan University Cinema-TV Department. Film worker Memduh Ün died on 16 October 2015 at the age of 95 in Bodrum where he was being treated. IMDb mini bio by; yusufpiskin

Filmography

• 2014We Hit The Road
• 2005Sinema Bir Mucizedir — Doktor, Writer, Director
• 1996Loves with Gravity — Director
• 1996Loves with Gravity: Tell Her That I Love Her — Director
• 1993Whistle If You Come Back — Bardaki Adam, Producer
• 1993Zıkkımın Kökü — Director
• 1992Walking After Midnight — Ali
• 1990All Doors Were Closed — Director
• 1990Gün Ortasında Karanlık — Tiyatro Hocası, Producer, Director
• 1989Polis Dosyası
• 1989Zehir Hafiye — Producer
• 1988Bıçkın — Producer
• 1988The Teacher — Producer
• 1987Kiracı — Producer
• 1987The Handsome — Producer
• Yeniden Doğmak — Hakim
• 1986Deli Deli Küpeli — Producer
• 1986Poor — Yönetmen, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 1986Vazife Uğruna — Emniyet Müdürü
• 1985Expat Şaban — Producer
• 1985Kahreden Gençlik — Sevil'in Babası
• 1985Katma Değer Şaban — Producer
• 1985Paranın Esiri
• 1984The Postman — Director, Producer
• 1984The Woman From The Streets — Producer
• 1984Unmade Bed
• 1984Ömrümün Tek Gecesi — Producer
• 1984Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class — Tahsin Bey, Producer
• 1983Doktor Civanım — Writer, Producer
• 1983Henpecked — Producer
• 1983Yürek Yarası — Writer, Producer
• 1983Çarıklı Milyoner — Gazete Genel Yayın Yönetmeni, Writer, Producer
• 1982Gülsüm Ana — Doctor, Director
• 1982Kaçak — Director, Writer
• 1981Kanlı Nigar — Director, Producer
• 1980Windfall — Doktor, Director
• 1980Zübük — Huzur Partisi Milletvekili
• 1979Kanun Gücü — Producer
• 1979King of The Guards — Fabikatör Ertuğrul, Producer
• 1979Our Hope Is Şaban — Producer
• 1979İstanbul 79 — Ercanın Babası, Producer
• 1978Cemil Dönüyor
• 1978Cevriyem — Director
• 1978Derdim Dünyadan Büyük
• 1978Gelincik — Producer
• 1978Yaşam Kavgası — Producer
• 1977Akrep Yuvası — Producer
• 1977Ana Ocağı — Producer
• 1977Bir Tanem — Director
• 1977Hakanlar Çarpışıyor — Producer
• 1977The Indestructible Man
• 1976Darbe — Şakir Bey
• 1976Delicesine
• 1976Hasip and Nasip — Producer
• 1976Korkusuz Cengâver — Producer
• 1976Taxi Driver — Producer
• 1976The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet — Producer
• 1975Kadınım — Director
• 1975Kokla Beni Melahat — Producer
• 1975Lionman — Producer
• 1975The Executioner — Producer, Director
• 1975The Legend of Mount Agrı — Director
• 1975Çapkın Hırsız — Producer
• 1975İnsan Avcısı — Producer
• 1974Battal Gazi'nin Oğlu — Producer
• 1974Önce Vatan — Producer
• 1973Battal Gazi's Revenge — Producer
• 1973Ezo Gelin — Producer
• 1973Feryat — Vedat
• 1973Gönülden Yaralılar — Producer, Director
• 1973Hazreti Ömer'in Adaleti — Producer
• 1973Kara Orkun — Producer
• 1973Mother Earth — Director, Producer
• 1973Namus — Producer
• 1973Para — Director
• 1973Savulun Battal Gazi Geliyor — Producer
• 1973Yanaşma — Producer
• 1972Evlat — Producer
• 1972Leyla and Mecnun — Producer
• 1972Murat ile Nazlı — Director, Producer
• 1972Sezercik Aslan Parçası — Komiser, Director
• 1972Çöl Kartalı — Producer, Writer
• 1971Kerem ile Aslı — Producer
• 1971Satın Alınan Koca — Producer, Writer
• 1971The Hopeless Ones — Memduh
• 1971The Legend of Battal Gazi — Producer
• 1971Three Friends — Doktor, Producer, Writer, Director
• 1971Zehir Hafiye
• 1970Beyaz Güller — Producer
• 1970Dağların Kartalı — Producer
• 1970Meçhul Kadın — Producer
• 1970Nebahat The Driver — Producer
• Altın Koza — Nominee
• 1969As Long as We Live — Ziya, Director
• 1969Büyük Yemin — Producer, Director
• 1969Homeland and Namık Kemal — Producer
• 1969The Empty Crib — Producer, Writer
• 1969Ölmüş Bir Kadının Mektupları — Screenplay
• 1968Ezo Gelin — Producer
• 1968Köroğlu — Producer
• 1968Vuruldum Bir Kıza — Director, Producer
• 1968İlk ve Son — Director
• 1967Angry Nazife — Director
• 1967Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı — Screenplay, Director, Producer
• 1967Falling Leaves — Director, Producer
• 1967Kız Kolunda Damga Var — Producer
• 1967Son Gece — Director, Scenario Writer
• 1967Vagabond — Lütfü Engin (voice)
• 1966Aslan Pençesi — Director, Producer, Writer
• 1966For my Honor — Producer, Director
• 1966Golden Boy — Director
• 1966Karakolda Ayna Var — Producer
• 1966Male and Female
• 1966Vahşi Sevda
• 1966Üç Korkusuz Arkadaş — Producer
• 1965Canım Sana Feda — Producer
• 1965Farewell Kiss
• 1965Star Hill — Producer, Director, Screenplay
• 1965The Broken Lifes — Talat, Producer
• 1965Yasak Sokaklar — Producer
• 1964Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür — Director
• 1964Erkek Ali — Producer
• 1964Halk Çocuğu — Director, Producer
• 1964Kalbe Vuran Düşman — Producer
• 1964Kanun Karşısında — Director, Producer
• 1964Kırk Küçük Anne — Director
• 1964Öp Annenin Elini — Producer, Director
• 1964İstanbul'un Kızları — Komiser
• 1963Bire On Vardı — Producer, Screenplay, Director
• 1963Naughty Girl — Director
• 1963Yavaş Gel Güzelim — Producer, Director
• 1962Ayşecik Yavru Melek — Ferit
• 1962Belalı Torun — Director, Producer
• 1962Rıfat Diye Biri — Producer
• 1962When Acacias Bloom — Director
• 1962Üç Tekerlekli Bisiklet — Editor, Director
• 1961Avare Mustafa — Writer, Producer, Director
• 1961Aşk Hırsızı — Cemil
• 1961Boş Yuva — Scenario Writer, Director
• 1961Forbidden Love — Producer, Screenplay
• 1961Güneş Doğmasın — Director
• 1961Seviştiğimiz Günler — Producer
• 1961The Broken Pots — Director
• 1960Ateşten Damla — Director
• 1960Ayşecik — Director, Screenplay
• 1960For Chastity — Patron Kenan
• 1960Mahallenin Sevgilisi — Doktor, Director
• 1960The Death Curtain
• 1960Ölüm Peşimizde — Hüsnü, Director
• 1958Murada Ereceğiz — Director
• 1958Three Friends — Screenplay, Director
• 1957Bir Serseri — Director
• 1957Yetim Ömer — Screenplay, Director, Producer
• 1957Zeynebin Aşkı — Director, Producer
• 1956Ana Hasreti — Director, Writer
• 1956Piç — Director, Producer, Writer
• 1955Günahkar Baba — Producer
• 1955Yetim Yavrular — Director, Screenplay
• 1955Öp Babanın Elini — Director
• 1954Yaban Kız — Producer
• 1953Aşk Istıraptır
• 1952Onu Ben Öldürdüm — Kemal, Producer, Screenplay
• 1951Hayat Acıları — Writer, Producer
• 1949Karadeniz Postası
• 1948Damga

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2019Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema — Self
• 2008İzzet Günay Belgeseli — Self