Haldun Dormen

Haldun Dormen
120px Haldun Dormen at The Bourgeois Gentleman as Monsieur Jourdain
Born	(1928-04-05) 5 April 1928 Mersin, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Ethnicity	Turkish Cypriot
Education	Theater
Alma mater	Robert College, Yale University
Occupation	Theater, movie and TV series actor, film director
Spouse(s)	Betül Mardin
Children	Ömer (son)
Relatives	Ayşe Arman (daughter-in-law)
Awards	Golden Orange Award for Best Screenplay (1966)

Haldun Dormen (born 5 April 1928 in Mersin, Turkey) is a famous Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor and film director. Dormen is of Turkish Cypriot descent.

Biography

He was born on 5 April 1928 in Mersin, Turkey. He moved to Istanbul with his family in his early childhood. He finished his secondary education at Galatasaray High School and high school education at Robert College in Istanbul. Then he went to the USA for a university degree and graduated from the theatre department at Yale University. Having finished his education he returned to Turkey and started his theatrical career at "Küçük Sahne" which was directed by Muhsin Ertuğrul.

Filmography

Actor:

• "Guzel Bir Gün İçin" (1965)
• "Hüdaverdi - Pırtık" (1971)
• "Bizimkiler" (1971)
• "Yorgun Savaşçı" (1979)
• "Gırgıriye" (1981)
• "Dadı" (TV series) (2001)
• "Yeşil Işık" (2002)
• "Sayın Bakanım" (TV series) (2004)
• "Vuurzee" (Dutch TV series) (2005 - 2006/2009)
• ""Unutulmayanlar" (2006)

Director:

• "Guzel Bir Gün İçin" (1965)
• "Bozuk Düzen" (1966)

Producer:

• "Guzel Bir Gün İçin" (1965)
• "Bozuk Düzen" (1966)

References

• IMDb - Filmography of Haldun Dormen
• Biyografi.info - Biography of Haldun Dormen

External links

• Haldun Dormen at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by Vedat Türkali	Golden Orange Award for Best Screenplay 1966 for Bozuk Düzen shared with Erol Keskin	Succeeded by Erol Günaydın-Erol Keskin