Erdem Tepegoz was born in 1982. Graduated from Dokuz Eylul University,
Department of Economics. He studied film directing in Prague.
He traveled all around the world for making many documentaries.
Zerre (The Particle), his first feature film that he had written and
directed, won almost 23 awards including Best Film Golden St. George at the 35th
Moscow International Film Festival and the movie was screened in 30
countries. The director received many praises from cinema critics on
his social realist cinema.
He continues his master degree in the field of anthropology.