İsmail Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012) was a Turkish film director and art historian.
In 1952, he debuted in directing with the films Karanlık Dünya and Aşık Veysel’in Hayatı written by Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu.
[1] Metin Erksan gained success with films depicting the problems of people from the countryside he adopted from the literature.
Along with renowned film director Halit Refiğ, he was credited as the representative of the national cinema in Turkey.
In 1974-1975, he filmed five Turkish stories (Hanende Melek by Sabahattin Ali, Geçmiş Zaman Elbiseleri by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Bir İntihar by Samet Ağaoğlu, Müthiş Bir Tren by Sait Faik Abasıyanık and Sazlık by Hulusi Koray) as short films for television.