Ayşe Çetinbaş is a producer and director. She graduated from the Economics Faculty of Istanbul University and has worked as a production assistant and a producer in various domestic and foreign documentary projects. She was the producer of the documentary “Prison Nr.5: 1980-84” which received the Antalya Golden Orange Best Documentary Award in 2009, the Best Documentary Award of 2009 from SIYAD and Best Documentary award at Ankara Film Festival in 2009. “Yıldız Alpar: From Bedii Raks Till Today”, is the first documentary she directed. Ayşe Çetinbaş produces together with Gökçe İnce independent documentary films at Surela Film Productions.