Name Baha Gelenbevi Role Film director | Died 1984 | |
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Baha Gelenbevi (7 January 1907, İstanbul - 7 August 1984, İstanbul) was active in the nascent Turkish film industry in the years 1940 to 1960.
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Family
He was born in Istanbul in 1907 in an established old Ottoman family. He was educated in Istanbul and in France. Baha Gelenbevi's wife, the classical music and opera singer Ren Gelenbevi was originally from France becoming an influential member of the Istanbul musical scene; she taught several prominent Turkish singers and leading figures of Opera in Turkey, during her many years as a Professor at the Istanbul City Conservatory, including Leyla Gencer at her beginnings.
Career
As well as being a film director he wrote the script for several of his films, including Günahkârlar Cenneti (1958), Kaldirim Ciçegi (1953), Kanli dösek (1949), Yanik kaval (1947), Deniz kizi (1944). He devoted the latter part of his life to photography, and his work was presented regularly in art shows in Istanbul and elsewhere.