Eriş Akman

Eriş Akman, one of the versatile names of Turkish cinema, was born on December 17, 1947 in Çanakkale. Akman, who completed his education at Kadıköy Maarif College before starting his artistic life, then continued his education in England and graduated from Mountview Academy of Dramatic Arts. During his stay in England, he took part in theater stages and improved himself by attending a 9-month course in television directing and programming at ATV, one of the important TV production companies founded by Lord Lew Grade.

Akman, who started his cinema career in 1970 with the movie "La Rossa", starred in this movie with Farley Granger.

Eriş Akman crossed paths with Yılmaz Güney after returning to Türkiye and worked in several films with Güney. While he took part in the movie "Umutsuzlar" as both a choreographer and an actor, he also appeared before the audience with his acting performance in productions such as "Güllü" and "Sahtekar". Akman, who was transferred to Arzu Film with the offer of Ertem Eğilmez in 1973, received great acclaim for his character "Oktay" in the 1976 film "Aile Şerefi" directed by Orhan Aksoy.

Akman, who was deemed worthy of the Special Jury Award at the New Delhi Film Festival for this role, attracted attention with his success in the film. An interesting detail about this film is that director Orhan Aksoy did not initially consider Akman for the role of Oktay, but Ertem Eğilmez convinced Aksoy for this role with his confidence in Akman.

After "Aile Şerefi", the artist also took part in "Children of Heaven", also produced by Arzu Film, and then returned to England, where he worked on educational films with the Rank company. Akman, who returned to Türkiye in 1985 as the production manager of a 5-hour drama series for the BBC, also produced films such as "Lionman II - The Wrath Of The Witchqueen", "White Bicycle", "A Broken Baby", "After Yesterday Before Tomorrow", "The Favorite", "Slipstream", "The Two-Headed Giant" and "After All, A Child" since 1983.

Continuing his acting career, Akman starred in the 1989 British science fiction film "The Sleapstream" alongside famous names such as F. Murray Abraham.

Eriş Akman, who has accomplished important works in the fields of scriptwriting and directing as well as his acting, has directed more than 500 commercials in addition to the feature films he has shot. Akman, who also contributed to the artistic life as a producer, produced Zuhal Olcay's first film "After Yesterday, Before Tomorrow" and Fikret Kuşkan's "Two-Headed Giant", in which he played the first leading role.

Akman, who taught acting at Galatasaray University for a while, also contributed to the training of many young talents. Finally, he worked on the US-Australia co-production feature film project called "Anzac and Mehmetçik", which he wrote and directed, about the Gallipoli War, and for which he recruited Tuncel Kurtiz along with names such as Paul Hogan, JJ Feild.

He completed his secondary education at Kadıköy Maarif College. He studied acting and theater directing at Mountwiev Theater School. During this time, he played in various plays. He directed the play. When he returned to Türkiye, he started acting in movies. He choreographed the ballet scenes in "Umutsuzlar" directed by Yılmaz Güney.

He married journalist director Nisan Akman. He founded "Eka Production House" and shot commercials. He wrote the scripts of the films directed by his wife. He took on the production responsibilities of some foreign films shot in Türkiye. He worked as a supervisor. He also received the "Special Jury Award" at the Local Film Festival for his role in the movie "Aile Şerefi" in 1977.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 15 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Valley of the Wolves (2003) — Hakim
• Steel Claw (1983) — Balisarius
• Name: Human (2020) — Süleyman
• In Between (2018) — Altan
• Slipstream (1989) — Blind Boy's Father
• Kolpacino (2009)
• Children of Heaven (1977) — Mahmut
• After Yesterday Before Tomorrow (1987) — Bülent
• Holy Demijohn 2: Itmen (2010) — Eriş
• Family Honor (1976) — Oktay
• A Night in the World (2016)
• Istanbul 79 (1979) — Ercan

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.