Born in 1980, Istanbul. He is not only a director but a producer as well. He became known to festival programmers with his very first feature-length movie, the co-directed documentary On The Way to School (Iki Dil Bir Bavul, 2009). Focusing on a lonely Turkish teacher in a remote Kurdish village, the film received support from the Sundance Institute and the Jan Vrijman Fund. In addition to screening at top film festivals, it was a hit with Turkish audiences. His feature debut Voice of My Father (Babamin Sesi, co-director Zeynel Dogan), which also unfolds in a Kurdish setting, was selected for the main competition at the 2012 Rotterdam International Film Festival and won several festival prizes. Stone (Tas), the director’s second feature, received support from the Karlovy Vary IFF when it was selected for last year’s Works in Progress.