What is Tunç Başaran?
[[Image:Tuncbasaran.jpg|thumb|upright|Tunç Başaran at the opening ceremony of the 2008 [[Istanbul International Film Festival]]]] '''Tunç Başaran''' (October 1, 1938 – December 18, 2019) was a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[screenwriter]], [[movie director]], [[movie producer]] and [[actor]]. He was born in [[Istanbul]]. In 1964 he directed his first feature ''Survival''. By 1962, he had directed about 40 movies. He directed ''[[Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde]]'', ''[[Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite]]'' and ''[[Piano Piano Kid]]''. Başaran died on December 18, 2019 in Istanbul of [[soft-tissue sarcoma]] at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yönetmen Tunç Başaran'dan Acı Haber |date=18 December 2019 |url=https://www.haberturk.com/yonetmen-tunc-basaran-hayatini-kaybetti-2550607-magazin |publisher=Haberturk.com news site, 18.12.2029 |access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0059633}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Basaran, Tunc}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from soft-tissue sarcoma]] [[Category:Turkish movie directors]] [[Category:Turkish screenwriters]] [[Category:Turkish movie producers]] [[Category:Actors from Istanbul]]