Ülkü Erakalın

Ülkü Erakalın , (June 9, 1934, Istanbul - April 6, 2016, Istanbul ), Turkish producer and director.
He is the son of Vaso (Vasiliki) Hanım, one of the Direklerarası kanto singers, and Abdurrahman Bey, another Direklerarası musician and a graduate of Muzika-yı Hümayun. He was born in Beyoğlu. He started his education in 1941 at the Dokuzuncu Primary School in Kasımpaşa. After primary school, he entered the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department in 1947 with an exam. He took piano, violin and flute lessons. He worked as a magazine writer in Radyo Âlemi and Sinema 63 magazines.
Erakalın, who graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Music Department, started her art life in 1958. The artist, who gained her first experiences as an assistant to Lütfi Akad , exhibited her first work in the art of cinema in 1961 with the film Unutamamımın Kadın (Woman I Forgot). In the film Unfinished Ayyaş, he included scenes from real life and the life of her mother Vaso (Vasilik) Hanım, a master kanto singer and theater actress who came to Turkey from Greece. In addition to her experience as a musician, he also worked as a producer with a company called "Duygu Film". He wrote four books, mostly including her memoirs. Erakalın, who acted in one film as an actress, directed many films during the sex film craze of the 1970s. He has made around 200 films.
Crew
Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı
Director
Red Carnations
Director, Writer
Biz de Arkadaş mıyız?
Director
Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek
Director
The Woman Of My Life
Director
Çığlık Çığlığa Bir Sevda
Director, Writer, Producer
Katiller de Ağlar
Director, Producer
Hayat Kadınları
Writer, Director
Hepimiz Kardeşiz
Director, Producer
Ölmüş Bir Kadının Mektupları
Director
Uzakta Kal Sevgilim
Director
Yeşilçam Sokağı
Director, Writer
I'm Under My Hat
Producer, Director
Unutamadığım Kadın
Director
Ben Sana Mecburum
Director
Ayşecik: Sokak Kızı
Director
Ayyaş
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Köye Giden Gelin
Director, Producer
Afacan the Little Tramp
Director
The Sinful Woman
Director, Producer
From the Lips to the Heart
Director
Bitirimler Sınıfı
Director
Nilüfer, the Jungle Flower
Assistant Director
Hot Belle
Director, Screenplay
Woman of Sorrows
Writer, Director
Gözleri Ömre Bedel
Director
Bir İlkbahar Sabahı
Director, Writer
Şoför Deyip Geçmeyin
Director
Farewell Kiss
Director, Producer
Sevgili Öğretmenim
Director
Fate Knocks
Producer, Director
Yaşamak Kolay Değil
Writer, Director
Düşmanlarım Çatlasın
Director
Afacan Harika Çocuk
Director
Tığ Gibi Delikanlı
Director
Avare Şoförün Kısmeti
Director
Sev Yeter
Director, Writer
Son Nefes
Director, Writer
Günahkâr Kadın
Director, Writer
Seven Husbands
Director, Writer
Satmışım Anasını
Director, Writer
Yıldızların Altında
Director
Ana Gibi Yar Olmaz
Director, Writer
Bana Derler Külhanlı
Director
Silemezler Gönlümden
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ömrümün Tek Gecesi
Assistant Director