Ömer Lütfi Akad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ömer Lütfi Akad

film director

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1916

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Date of Death: 19-Nov-2011

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ömer Lütfi Akad (2 September 1916 – 19 November 2011) was a Turkish film director, who directed movies from 1948 to 1974.
In 1949, he debuted as a film director with Vurun Kahpeye ("Strike the Whore") an adaptation of Halide Edip Adivar's book of the same title.
He became one of the pioneers of the period in the "Director Generation".
The 1970s trilogy, The Bride; The Wedding; and The Sacrifice, is considered his masterpiece.
Afterwards, he withdrew from movie making instead directing adaptations for TV.Ömer Lütfi Akad was born on September 2, 1916.
Following his secondary education at French Jeanne d’Arc School and Galatasaray High School, he studied finance at Istanbul Economy and Commerce Higher School.
Beside his occupation as financial advisor at Sema Film company, he wrote articles on theatre and cinema.
After directing more than 100 movies, Ömer Lütfi Akad taught twenty years at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts.He died on November 19, 2011 at the age of 95 in Istanbul.