Feyturiye Esen (1928 - 2004) 

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Feyturiye Esen was born in 1928. Esen, one of the grandchildren of Ahmet Vefik Pasha, graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Letters in 1950. She had two daughters with İsmail Esen, whom she married during university. One of these girls, Hilal Esen, became a child star of the 1950s. In 1957, he founded his own production company called Hilal Film. His production adventure, which started in 1962 with the movie "Gönül Ferman Dinlemez", continued with "They Both Were Brave" (1963), "The Garden Without Flowers" (1963) and "Dawn Star" (1964). In 1965, he shot the movie "Canım Benim", which he produced. His daughter Hilal Esen played the leading role in the movie. Esen, who had a good economic situation when he started cinema, said goodbye to cinema when he experienced financial difficulties after the death of his wife.

 

Producer Filmography 

Gönül Ferman Dinlemez, 1962, Director: Kemal Kan, Screenplay: Hümaşah Hızan, Director of photography: Cezmi Ar, Actors: Hilal Esen, Muzaffer Tema, Hümaşah Hızan, Ayşel Tanju, Suphi Kaner, Tunç Yalman, Reşit Baran, Bedia Muvahhit, Hüseyin Baradan , Nezahat Tanyeri, Vahi Öz, Necdet Tosun, Turan Göker, Salih Tozan, Producer: Hilal Film (Feyturiye Esen)

Çiçeksiz Bahçe, 1963, Director: Ümit Utku, Screenplay: Bülent Oran, Director of photography: Hayrettin Işık, Actors: Orhan Günşiray, Nebahat Çehre, Nur İnsel, Muazzez Arçay, Hüseyin Baradan, Necdet Tosun, Devlet Devrim, Uğur Kıvılcım, Hilal Esen, Producer: Hilal Film (Feyturiye Esen).

Şafak Yıldızı, 1964, Director and Screenplay: Rahmi Kafadar, Director of photography: Dinçer Önal, Actors: Fikret Hakan, Hilal Esen, Aysel Tanju, Hüseyin Baradan, Muazzez Arçay, Faik Coşkun, Producer: Hilal Film (Feyturiye Esen).

Canım Benim, 1965, Director: Feyturiye Esen,  Screenplay: Vecdi Uygun,  Director of Photography: Turgut Ören, Cast: Ahmet Mekin, Hilal Esen, Atıf Kaptan, Mine Soley, Producer: Feyturiye Esen

 

Source

Evren, M. Burçak. (2014). 100 Years of Turkish Cinema. T.R. Culture and Tourism Ministry.

Özgüç, Agâh. (1994). Turkish Film Directors Dictionary. Istanbul: Afa Publications.

Öztürk, S. Ruken. (2004). The “Feminine” Face of Cinema: Female Directors in Turkey. Istanbul: Om Publishing House. 

Scognamillo, Giovanni. (2003). Turkish Cinema History. Istanbul: Kabalcı Publications.