Yılmaz Atadeniz was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. Atadeniz died in Sarıyer on 13 December 2023, at the age of 91.
Yılmaz Atadeniz dies aged 91: Cause of death and obituary
Atadeniz died in Sarıyer from COVID-19, at the age of 91. Yilmaz Atadeniz was born in Arnavutköy in Istanbul in 1932. He studied engineering at Robert College but left the school and started working in the Cinema and film business as an assistant editor with his brother Orhan Atadeniz.
Yilmaz became an assistant director of famous directors such as Faruk Kenç, Atif Yilmaz, Nejat Saydam, and Sirri Gültekin. Atadeniz shot his first film “Yüz Karasi” in 1963.
He founded the Atadeniz Film in 1967 and began working as a producer. He has shot more than 100 films documentaries and TV series, and became one of the famous adventure film directors. Atadeniz is a founder member of Sinekamder.
Yilmaz has served as the Secondary Chairman of the Film Producers Association since 1988. up to the time of his death, Atadeniz worked as the president of the Sesam Cinema Products Institution.
