He started his career as a film director with Vurun Kahpeye ("Strike the Whore") an adaptation of Halide Edip Adıvar"s book of the same title. He became one of the pioneers of the period in the "Director Generation". The 1970s trilogy, The Bride; The Wedding; and The Sacrifice, is considered his masterpiece.
He also studied finance at Istanbul Economy and Commerce Higher School. Beside his occupation as financial advisor at Sema Film company, he wrote articles on theatre and cinema. After directing more than 100 movies, Ömer Lütfi Akad taught for twenty years at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. |
