Kurtuluş Özgen directed-produced several non-fiction films and cultural projects. His films have been screened in more than 70 film festivals and have won 18 awards. His photography and video works have been selected for several art exhibitions. Özgen received his bachelor’s degree in Cinema, his graduate degree in Painting (2012) and Phd in Art in New Media (2017). He also studied contemporary art history, video art and continues to study as a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology programme. His academic focus is on documentary film studies, film-philosophy, cinematography, ethnographic cinema, video art and new media. He continues to be an associate professor at AHBV University Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Photography and Video.