Esra Kutlu

She was born in 1999 in Istanbul. She continues her Film Studies Certificate Program in addition to her Management degree at Boğaziçi University. During the first two years of college, she took part in the creation of various amateur short films, as well as conducting a collective workshop as a volunteer student at the Mithat Alam Film Center. She has been working with Pelin Esmer and Dilde Mahalli as a production assistant at Sinefilm since December 2019.

She works as an assistant director in commercials and short films. In January 2020, she directed the music video series she created with Deniz Orhangazi for the music album "Örsüz" in Kars. She was part of the UNIMED student jury at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, which was held between 1-11 September, 2021.