The famous director of Turkish cinema, Şerif Gören, has been intubated.

Master director Şerif Gören, known for films such as Yol, which won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as Yılanların Öcü, Derman, Umut, and Katırcılar, fell at home and hit his head. The 80-year-old Gören was taken to Taksim First Aid Hospital and was intubated due to his serious health condition.

BEGAN HIS CINEMA CAREER AS A EDITOR

Şerif Gören, one of the leading figures of the second generation of the social realism movement, was born on October 14, 1944, in the city of İskeçe, Greece. Gören came to Turkey in 1956 with a scholarship and received his education at Istanbul Erkek Lisesi. He began his cinema career as an editor at Erman Film Studio in 1962 and developed his fast editing style during this period.

WON THE GOLDEN PALM AWARD AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WITH THE FILM "YOL"

Gören's greatest international success was being awarded the 'Golden Palm' at the Cannes Film Festival for the film Yol, for which the screenplay was written by Yılmaz Güney. Addressing themes such as urban life and the human-nature relationship, Gören directed not only films based on the understanding of social realism but also commercial productions and documentaries.