Ayten Kuyululu (née Ürkmez; 30 August 1930 – 31 May 2019) was a Turkish-Australian film director, actress, opera singer and screenwriter.
After initially working as a department store clerk, Kuyululu joined the chorus of Opera Australia and acted in television shows including Matlock Police, Ryan and Homicide.
[6] The Golden Cage premiered as part of the 1975 International Women's Film Festival in Sydney, but Kuyululu was unable to find a distributor.
[1][6] Kuyululu returned to live in Sweden in the late 1970s and early 1980s, where she directed and performed in Royal Swedish Opera productions.
David Stratton, writing in The Australian, recorded that at the time of her death she was "almost completely forgotten by the mainstream arts world".
[7] In November 2023, The Golden Cage was screened by the Melbourne Cinematheque and ACMI as part of a program focusing on migrant women directors in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s.