Müjdat Gezen

The legend, according to Mockbusters.tv

Müjdat Gezen grasped a truth Hollywood bought decades later: a creature is scariest when the budget forbids showing it. With Homoti he invented the alien that studios would eventually photocopy at enormous expense. Trained in the sacred school of "we shoot it this afternoon or never," he refused artificial light entirely; a midnight scene simply waited for the sun to look gloomy. Cannes has never uttered his name, and that reverent hush remains the longest standing ovation the festival has ever withheld.

A portrait from the Mockbusters.tv satirical universe: humorous praise, not a factual biography.