Directors Bio:

A native of Istanbul, Turkey, Elif Refig has just completed her MFA in film from Columbia University. Her directing credits include “Roadwait,” “Esperenza Starring,” and “Three Bodies,” which were showcased worldwide at many festivals. Her screenplay “Devoted Details” was a finalist for the 2004 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab, and she received the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award and the Soros Foundation Open Society Institute Grant for “Erkek Adam.” She is one of the three founding members of GoodGang Productions in New York and is currently developing her first feature film “Gemiler” in Turkey with producer Pelin Uzay, another alumnus of the Film Division.