Livaneli directed four feature films: Iron Earth, Copper Sky, Mist, Shahmaran and Veda. His film "Iron Earth, Copper Sky" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Veda that based on the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is the last film written and directed by Zülfü Livaneli.