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Resume

Experience

Nov.2021- Present

Filmmaker

  • Directed, produced and edited experimental short documentary "Doomsday Blues"

  • Directed the mocumentary "Robo-fish" for Unesco's Ocean Decade Project

  • Directed and edited the short documentary "Leyla in Catland"

  • Directed and edited the short film "As long as I remember you

  • Worked as art director, director and editor in the production of the music video "Bloody Books"

June 2017 - Present

Digital Content Creator

  • Instagram

June 2017 - Present

Activist & Educator

May 2020 - May 2023

Radio Programmer

  • Co-producer and co-host of the radio programme "Türlerin YaÅŸam Hakkı" (Species' Right to Live) which is one of the first radio programmes on intersectional ecology in Turkey

  • Prepared and hosted over 120 episodes so far

July 2008 - Present

Actress

Sept. 2020- Present

Singer & Songwriter

April 2013- Sept. 2016

UX Researcher & Designer

  • Promoted usability tests and incorporated results in design decisions in mobile, desktop and service design projects

  • Developed detailed test plans, test scripts, user flows, user personas and design prototypes

  • Conducted and moderated local & remote usability tests, in-depth interviews, focus groups, collaborative design sessions

  • Generated digital wireframes and prototypes

Education

2023 - 2025

University of the Arts London| MA in Documentary Filmmaking

Relative Coursework: Documentary development, Documentary History and Theory, Ethics and Methods, Contemporary Discourse, Editing

2011 - 2013

Istanbul Bilgi University | MA in Media & Communication Systems

Relative Coursework: Cyber Anthropology, Media Theory, Psychoanalytic Method in Culture, Current Issues in Digital Marketing, Media Research

2005 - 2011

Istanbul Bilgi University | BA
in Psychology

Relative Coursework: Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Performance Studies, Social Change and Globalisation, Culture Communication and Society, Media and Human Rights, Woman and Media

2002 - 2005

St. Joseph French High School

Turkish High School Diploma Equivalent to French Baccalaureate

Courses & Certificates

Nov 2022- Dec 2022

Documentary as Encounter  UCL

This course covers approaches of Cinéma Vérité to diaristic, essayistic and personal films we will look at works in which specific bonds between filmmaker and filmed are created.

Jan 2023- Feb 2023

Documentary Filmmaking: From Idea to Reality | UCL

This course covers the whole pre-production process in detail, from research, casting, proposal writing, and taster-tape making through to funding and pitching.

Jan 2023- Feb 2023

Documentary Storytelling UCL

This course covers discussions of how theoretical concepts relate to formal considerations in documentary filmmaking.

Jan 2023- March 20233

Visual Anthropology and the City | UCL

This course covers documentaries on the city starting from the city symphonies of the 1920s to the video diaries of Jonas Mekas in New York and James Benning’s style of ‘Slow Cinema’ in Los Angeles.

March 2023- May 2023

Anthropology of Home | UCL

This course covers the notion of home and belonging.

March 2023

Documentary Storytelling: Reloaded| UCL

This course teaches how to critically frame filmmaking in order to produce thought-provoking films that have social and cultural implications. It also addresses a broad range of conceptual methodologies that offer a good springboard for practice-led research.

Apr 2023- May 2023

Writing Images: Unlocking Emotion on Film| UCL

This course explores the intimate, interdependent yet fragile relationship between words and images in a cinematic context.

Feb 2025- Still

Pro Edit Training

Inside The Edit trains you to think in cinematic sequences from day one. Learn how to analyse raw footage, craft compelling scene structures, and create beautiful stylisations.

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