Nejat Saydam

{{short description|Turkish film director, screenwriter, and actor}}

Nejat Saydam (15 September 1929 – 25 October 2000) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and actor from Istanbul.{{Cite web |last=Aydınlık |date=2018-12-07 |title=Nejat Saydam’ın Şükran’ı |url=https://www.aydinlik.com.tr/haber/nejat-saydamin-sukrani-111204 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Aydınlık |language=tr}} He began as a theater actor in 1946 and became an assistant in movies four years later. In 1957, he began directing films. Saydam starred in two Turkish films and wrote 85 film scripts.