Nuran Şener (1935 - 1970)

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Şener, the second female director of Turkish cinema, was born in 1935. Şener, who completed his undergraduate education at the Faculty of Letters, Department of Pedagogy, did his doctorate at Sorbonne University. Şener, who conducted research on child education, shot the children's fairy tale "We Are Going to Aydede" in 1964. Author Tarık Dursun K. was the assistant of Şener, who wrote the script of the film. The movie "We're Going to Aydede" was adapted from the theater play "Aliş Fezada" and adapted into the cinema. In 1965, he wrote and directed the movie "Guilty Children". This was the last film of Şener, who brought the movie "Lumbermen's Children" (1966), which he wrote as a theater play, to the cinema. Şener, who wrote his own works throughout his directorial career, made children the subjects of his films. 

 

Screenwriter Filmography

We're Going to Aydede, 1964, Director: Nuran Şener, Screenplay: Nuran Şener, Director of Photography: Orhan Kapkı, Actors: Sadi Mutlu, Nilgün Utku, Funda Postacı, Producer: Türk Ticaret Bankası.

Guilty Children, 1965, Director: Nuran Şener Screenplay: Nuran Şener, Director of Photography: Yılmaz Gürbüz, Cast: Nilgün Utku, Sadi Mutlu, Meral Sayın, Suna Selen, Dinmez Er, Avni Dilligil, Asım Nipton, Orhan Erdamar, Üstün Asutay, Producer : Ümit Utku.

Woodcutter's Children, 1966, Director: Nuran Şener Screenplay: Nuran Şener, Director of Photography: Orhan Kapkı, Actors: Üstün Asutay, Kadir Taymaz, Sadi Mutlu, Tamer Erhal, Ülkü Akbaba, Oya Başar, Producer: Burhan Şener.

 

Source

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.