Tuncel Kurtiz

Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz 1 February 1936 27 September 2013 was a Turkish theatre movie and TV series actor playwright and film director Since 1964 he acted in more than 70 movies including many international productions Since 1958 Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul in state and private theatres He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden Schaubühne Berlin Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England Kurtiz directed plays for the GermanTurkish theatre project Türkisches Ensemble in the late 1970s During his university years and later the military service period he became friends with the renowned film director Yılmaz Güney They made a number of films together Their 1970 film Umut was prohibited to leave Turkey but was shown in Cannes Film Festival by a smuggled copy His first film role was in Şeytanın Uşakları shot in 1964 Since then Tuncel Kurtiz played also in many international productions like Swedish German Dutch Italian French British Israel and Indian films and TV series mostly in the original language