Temel Karamahmut was born on July 20, 1916 in the Karadeniz Ereฤli district of Zonguldak. His father was Halil Pasha, who came from a well-established family known among the local people as Karamahmutoฤullarฤฑ; Thanks to this, his childhood years were financially comfortable. After graduating from Galatasaray High School, he mastered French and English languages.
Together with his half-brother ฤฐkram Karamahmut, they translated Agatha Christie's works "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" and "Death Coming at Night" in 1945 and "The Big Four" in 1946 into Turkish. In 1946, he entered the world of cinema by establishing Sema Film together with ลakir Sฤฑrmalฤฑ and Ertuฤrul Tokdemir.
He took an active role in his cinema career as both an actor and a producer. Karamahmut, who started his acting adventure with the movie "Vurun Kahpeye" in 1949, directed the production "S Sรถyleyin Anama Aฤlamasฤฑn" in 1950 and also took on the script and production works. In 1952 and 1953, he took part in films such as "Arzu ile Kamber", "Tahir ile Zรผhre", "Iki Kafadar Deliler Pansiyonunda", "Love Istฤฑraptฤฑr", "Hฤฑรงkฤฑrฤฑk" as both an actor and producer.
During the 1954-1955 period, she also performed in productions such as "Player Girl", "ลimal Yฤฑldฤฑzฤฑ" and "Kara Vadi"; He continued his cinema career with films such as "I'm Yours Forever" in 1957 and "Rebel Son" and "King of Murderers" in 1958. Her last film role was "Immortal Woman" in 1963.
Karamahmut, who is also known as a producer as well as an actor, implemented the project called "White Gold" in 1957. He showed his writing skills with his works "It is My Right to Live" in 1958 and "Liman Yosmasฤฑ" in 1960. Temel Karamahmut, who died at Ulus Yeniลehir Palas Hotel in Ankara on January 8, 1963, was buried in Cebeci Asri Cemetery.
In the letter he sent to a friend shortly before his death, he wrote: "I have not seen the blessings of my profession, If I die, let it be written: Producer Temel!" He left his words emphasizing his passion for cinema and his productivity.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 17 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Flame of Vengeance (1956)
- Northern Star (1954)
- Gamer Girl (1954)
- Hit the Whore (1949) โ Foreign Soldier
- Love is Suffering (1953)
- Opposite Brothers Police Sleuth (1953)
- Fato: Either Independence or Death (1949)
- Leblebici Horhor Aฤa (1934) โ Temel
- Tahir and Zรผhre (1952) โ Bekir
- The First And The Last (1955)
- Victim of Lust (1940)
- Between Two Fires (1954)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.