Çayan Demirel was born in Istanbul in 1977. After he graduated from the faculty of economics, he started working on documentaries with oral history projects. In 2006 he completed his first documentary ’38’ about the Dersim Massacre and then he founded Surela Film Production in 2009. ‘Prison Number 5: 1980-84’ directed by Demirel in 2009 won Best Documentary Award from various festivals. After that, he directed the documentary ‘Dr. Şivan’ telling Sait Kırmızıtoprak who was the MD and also one of the leaders of the Kurdish movement. And in 2015 he directed ‘Bakur’ together with Ertuğrul Mavioğlu.
Filmography: “38” (2006), “Prison Number 5: 1980-84” (2009), “Dr. Şivan” (2013), “Bakur/North” (2015)
