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 Muzikayı 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