Merve Kayan, born in 1981, grew up in Uzunkopru, Turkey. 

She spent seven years in a boarding school in Istanbul and then 

moved to Granville, Ohio in the United States to study Cinema. 

She has been making short films and videos since 1999. 

Having spent the last few years as a freelance video editor 

in New York, currently she is pursuing her masters in 

fine arts at the University of California, San Diego.