Ö zgü r Uyanik is a writer and filmmaker whose family emigrated from Turkey to the UK. After graduating from the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he studied Communications and Image Studies, Ö zgü r started a career in the film industry working as a runner and making short films in London until his debut feature film premiered at the 17th Raindance Film Festival in 2009. He recently gained an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Cardiff Metropolitan University and is currently a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Cardiff University.

Ö zgü r has also been selected for the BAME Directors Lab in Wales and the BFI's NET.WORK@LFF Emerging Talent program 2015; he was a Top 10 Finalist (Horror/Thriller category) at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards in LA; and his screenwriting has been long-listed for the BBC Drama Room as well as being selected for writing labs, development schemes, and workshops in Turkey, Wales, the Netherlands and Italy.