Binnur Karaevli was born and raised in Istanbul. She earned her BFA in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University and her MFA in Film Production from University of Southern California. Her short narrative Eye of Istanbul - Director 2 (Temp)films, Dance of the Whirling Dervish and Evelyn of the Desert received top prizes from festivals including, Nürnberg, New Orleans, and Istanbul International Film Festivals. She has worked on various international documentaries and narrative films. Her commercial production experience includes working for Ridley Scott & Associates, PBS and BBC. She produced and directed Searching for Paradise, which won Best Documentary at the Moondance and WinFemme International Film Festivals. Her latest feature documentary, Voices Unveiled has been screening at film festivals in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Zagreb and won the Audience Award at SEE Film Festival in Los Angeles.

It also won a Special Mention at the Rome Independent Film Festival in 2010.