---
name: "Zülfü Livaneli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zulfu-livaneli"
fi1m_id: "zulfu-livaneli"
imdb_id: "nm0515101"
tmdb_id: 144180
wikidata_id: "Q248059"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "20 June 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:55:37.120692+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Zülfü Livaneli

## Identity

Zülfü Livaneli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zulfu-livaneli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zulfu-livaneli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0515101
- **TMDB ID:** 144180
- **Wikidata ID:** Q248059
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BClf%C3%BC_Livaneli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144180

Composer. Born 20 June 1946 in Ilgın, Konya, Türkiye.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 20 June 1946, Ilgın, Konya, Türkiye
- **Also known as:** Ömer Zülfü Livaneli
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BClf%C3%BC_Livaneli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144180

## Biography

Zülfü Livaneli, also credited as Ömer Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish composer, musician and film director. He was born Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu on 20 June 1946 in Ilgın, Konya, Türkiye.

Livaneli has composed scores for more than thirty films, including *Yol* (1982), *The Herd* (1978), *Shirin’s Wedding* (1976) and *Bliss* (2007). He has also written songs performed by artists including Joan Baez and Maria Farantouri, and collaborated with Mikis Theodorakis. Livaneli directed the films *Iron Earth, Copper Sky* (1987), *Sis* (1989) and *Veda - Atatürk* (2010).

He studied music in Sweden after leaving Türkiye in the early 1970s and returned in 1984. Livaneli has also written novels, including *Bliss*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, livaneli.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Road* (1982), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-road.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Erdoğan* (2026), series, Actor
- *Communist Osman* (2023), Actor
- *Kefaret* (2020), series, Creator
- *Veda - Atatürk* (2010), Director
- *Conscience* (2008), Music
- *Bliss* (2007), Novel, Music
- *Sedef Kabaş ile Portreler* (1997), series, Actor
- *Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri* (1995), series, as Nominee
- *Shahmaran* (1994), Director, Writer, Producer, Music
- *Yedi Uyuyanlar* (1988), Music
- *Mist* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Iron Earth, Copper Sky* (1987), Director
- *Kobay* (1986), Music
- *Blood* (1985), Music
- *Gülibik* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Road* (1982), Music — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-road.md)
- *Çıraklar* (1980), Music
- *The Mine* (1978), Music
- *The Herd* (1978), as Compositor
- *The Bus* (1974), Music
- *Livaneli 35. Yıl Konseri*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Zülfü Livaneli](https://film.one/media/person/3923675/gallery-1312e15a6559.jpg) Zülfü Livaneli — Svklimkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Z%C3%BClf%C3%BC_Livaneli_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Z%C3%BClf%C3%BC_Livaneli_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Oмер Зюльфю Ливанели (турецкий писатель) на книжном фестивале "Красная площадь"-2018 в Москве.](https://film.one/media/person/3923675/gallery-1cbed0dfc37f.jpg) Oмер Зюльфю Ливанели (турецкий писатель) на книжном фестивале "Красная площадь"-2018 в Москве. — Svklimkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Z%C3%BClf%C3%BC_Livaneli_2018.jpg/1280px-Z%C3%BClf%C3%BC_Livaneli_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Oмер Зюльфю Ливанели (турецкий писатель) на книжном фестивале "Красная площадь"-2018 в Москве.](https://film.one/media/person/3923675/gallery-61446f1d736f.jpg) Oмер Зюльфю Ливанели (турецкий писатель) на книжном фестивале "Красная площадь"-2018 в Москве. — Svklimkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/%D0%97%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%8E_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8_2018.jpg/1280px-%D0%97%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%8E_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Zülfü Livaneli](https://film.one/media/person/3923675/gallery-9e74a35bfe17.jpg) Zülfü Livaneli — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Yunus Nadi Prize 2000: Yunus Nadi Prize (won)
- Young European Film of the Year 1989: Young European Film of the Year (nominated), for *Mist*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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