Born in Izmir, Turkey, in 1981. Started his career in film as a scriptwriting assistant. After obtaining his BA and MA in Film Studies from Mimar Sinan University and The University of Paris – La Sorbonne, he worked as a freelance producer in Paris for commercials and music videos. He collaborated with Forecast Films and concentrated on producing and financing feature films until he moved back to Istanbul, in 2007. Since then, he has worked as producer with directors such as Semih Kaplanoglu (Milk, 2008), Kamen Kalev (Eastern Plays, 2009; The Island, 2011) and Hüseyin Karabey (Do Not Forget Me Istanbul, 2010; Come to My Voice, World Premiere in Berlinale 2014). He directed a short film called Aziz. He collaborated with Ahmet Büke on two scripts, There Outside and The Gulf. The Gulf had its world premiere at the Critics’ Week of the Venice IFF 2017.
