Ali Özgentürk (born 4 November 1947) is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer.
[2] After studying philosophy and sociology at Istanbul University,[2] he became involved in theater, as an actor, director, and playwright.
[2][3] In 1977, Özgentürk wrote the screenplay for director Atıf Yılmaz's film Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım (The Girl with the Red Scarf), which would go on to become a major hit in Turkey.
[citation needed] Özgentürk courted controversy with his fourth film, Su da Yanar (Water Also Burns, 1987), which concerned a director attempting to make a film about the life of controversial Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet.
Özgentürk wrote and directed Yengeç Oyunu (The Crab Game), a 2009 film shot on location in Egypt, Alexandria.