Atif Yilmaz was born on December 9, 1925 in Mersin, Turkey as Atif Yilmaz Batibeki. He was a director and writer, known for The Girl with the Red Scarf (1977), Feyzo, the Polite One (1978) and Borrowed Bride (2005). He was married to Deniz Türkali, Nurhan Nur and Ayse Sasa. He died on May 5, 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey.