Bilge Olgaç

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1940-01-14

Deathday 1994-03-02 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Vize, Kirklareli, Turkey

Bilge Olgaç

Biography

Bilge Olgaç was born on 10 January 1940 in Vize district of Kirklareli. While she was in the last year of Nisantsi Girls' Institute, she married Vecdi Bender, a former production supervisor, and dropped out of school. After her husband took "Kismetin En Güzeli", one of the stories written by Bilge Olgac, to Memduh Ün in 1962, he hired her as his assistant in addition to making films. Thanks to her master Memduh Ün, he learn script writing and editing techniques. He was also the first assistant of the famous director. Bilge Olgac started her career in cinema in 1962 with the film "Kismetin En Güzeli" as an assistant to director Memduh Ün. He also worked as an assistant to directors such as Ilhan Engin, Halit Refig and Hasan Kazankaya. In 1965, Bilge Olgac made her directorial debut with the film "Üçünüzü de Mihlarim" and became the only female director of this period. In 1970, she directed the film "Linc" starring Demir Karahan, Fatma Karanfil, Süheyl Egriboz and Ali Sen. She won many awards with this film. In 1975, she started making commercial films. In 1984, she returned to cinema with the film "Spoon Enemy", starring Perihan Savas, Mesut Engin, Halil Ergün, Aliye Rona, Seden Kiziltunc, Ismet Ay. She won many awards with this film. The line of Bilge Olgac's next films was also determined. In films such as "Gülüsan", "Gömlek" and "Umut Hep Vardi", women's problems are touched upon. Mostly, life in towns and villages outside the big city is depicted in her films. Bilge Olgac made a cinema based on the Yesilcam tradition. With ambitious films such as "Uc Halka Yirmibes", "Ipekce", "Kursun Adres Sormaz", she made her name known again. In 1984, she directed the film "Yavrularim", produced by Selim Soydan and starring Hülya Kocyigit and Çetin Tekindor. In 1956, at the age of 16, she made her first marriage with Vecdi Bender. She has a son from this marriage. They divorced. Bilge Olgac died on 3 March 1994 in Istanbul at the age of 54 as a result of a fire in her house in Taksim. She had just finished a new film in those days, her last film, "Bir Yanimiz Bahar Bahçe", was released after her death. The film told the story of a man, played by Halil Ergün and Sibel Turnagöl, who was imprisoned for 18 years for thought crime.

Known For

Director

1994
1992
1991
Umut Hep Vardı

as Director

1990
Yarın Cumartesi

as Director

1988
Gömlek

as Director

1988
Kızın Adı Fatma

as Director

1987
Silky

as Director

1986
Üç Halka 25

as Director

1985
Gülüşan

as Director

1984
Yavrularım

as Director

1984
Kaşık Düşmanı

as Director

1975
Certainly One Day

as Director

1975
Hunger

as Director

1974
Bacım

as Director

1971
Kara Gün

as Director

1970
Linç

as Director

1970
Mercy

as Director

1968
Dertli Gönlüm

as Director

1968
Öksüz

as Director

1965
Krallar Kralı

as Director

Writer

1992
Kurşun Adres Sormaz

as Screenplay

1991
Umut Hep Vardı

as Screenplay

1990
1990
1988
Gömlek

as Screenplay

1988
Kızın Adı Fatma

as Screenplay

1987
Silky

as Screenplay

1986
Üç Halka 25

as Screenplay

1975
Hunger

as Writer

1974
Bacım

as Writer

1971
Kara Gün

as Writer

1970
Mercy

as Writer

1968
Dertli Gönlüm

as Writer

1968
Öksüz

as Screenplay

1965
Tehlikeli Adam

as Screenplay

Producer

1971
Kara Gün

as Producer

Editor

1990