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Halit Refig was born on 5 March, 1934 in İzmir, Turkey, is a Turkish film director. Discover Halit Refig's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Halit Refig networth?

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Occupation director,writer,assistant_director
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 5 March 1934
Birthday 5 March
Birthplace İzmir, Turkey
Date of death October 11, 2009
Died Place Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality Turkey

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Who Is Halit Refig's Wife?

His wife is Gülper Refiğ (m. 1975–2009), Eva Bender (m. 1968–1972), Nilüfer Aydan (m. 1962–1965)

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Wife Gülper Refiğ (m. 1975–2009), Eva Bender (m. 1968–1972), Nilüfer Aydan (m. 1962–1965)
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Halit Refig Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Halit Refig worth at the age of 75 years old? Halit Refig’s income source is mostly from being a successful Director. He is from Turkey. We have estimated Halit Refig's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Director

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1997

After nearly a decade Refig made Köpekler Adasi (1997) (Island of Dogs). The film received mixed reviews.

1992

The film was later aired in 1992 from a restored 1 inch tape. After this Refig made popular films for Turker Inanoglu. This gave Refig the opportunity to realize his smaller and more personal projects like Hanim (Madame).

1984

Visiting Professor to Ohio Denison University in 1984.

1982

Described as the ultimate national cinema piece, the production and later on burning of the negatives by the military government in 1982 of Tired Warrior.

1979

This collaboration gave fruit to Four Women in the Harem, which Refig scripted and later production of Yorgun savasci (1979) in 1979, the most controversial film ever made in Turkish film history. Refig defended it and published a theory of national cinema, which he named Ulusal Sinema (national cinema). Later he revised his theory and called his work ATUT (Asiatic Mode of Production) cinema or Halk Sinemasi (Cinema of the People). Refig collected his articles on national cinema in a volume; Ulusal Sinema Kavgasi (Fight for a national Cinema).

In 1979 he was invited once again by the TRT to make Yorgun Savasci (Tired Warrior) Kemal Tahir's controversial novel.

1977

In 1977 he was invited to teach at University of Wisconsin where he made a Victorian period drama, Intercessors.

1975

In 1975 Refig joined fellow filmmakers to establish the Turkish Cinema and TV Institute.

1974

In 1974, the newly established Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) commissioned Refig to make a literary adaptation of a Turkish novel of his choice.

The result was _Ask-i memnu (1974) (TV)_ (Forbidden Love) which was hailed as the first Turkish TV mini series.

1961

In 1961 he directed his first feature, Yasak ask (1961). His approach to filmmaking was influenced by his friendship with the famous Turkish novelist Kemal Tahir.

As a filmmaker he made over 50 popular and personal films in Turkish film industry since 1961. As a film critic and theoretician he produced a significant body of film criticism and literally created a theory of national cinema, one that predates the theories of third cinema initiated in Latin American and African countries. Finally, as an intellectual he practiced what he preached. Refig focused on national and cultural identity in the young Turkish Republic, critiquing the westernization and nationalist ideologies in Turkey and favoring the traditional values and the Ottoman past. Refig deconstructed the Republican Kemalist ideology and the position of the Kemalist intellectual in Turkish society, discussed east-west and rural-urban tension in a rapidly changing social environment and the position of women in defining the new Turkish national identity. His work is also influenced by the psychoanalytical work of Freud and Jung's idea of collective consciousness. Refig likes applying a dialectical intellectual montage and German expressionist framing.

1960

Refig and his fellow filmmakers like Metin Erksan and Lütfi Akad made nationalist films until late 1960s.

1957

In 1957 he started the Turkish Film Review (Sinema Dergisi) with fellow film critic Nijat Ozon. Later he assisted director Atif Yilmaz in two films.

1934

Halit Refig, Turkish filmmaker, film critic and theoretician and an intellectual was born in Izmir, Turkey in 1934 to an industrial family. He attended Sisli Terakki High School and briefly attended Robert College Engineering Dept. During his military service he started making documentaries in Japan, Korea and Sri Lanka with a Super 8 camera.