Selcen Ergun obtained her MA in Screenwriting and Directing at Istanbul Bilgi University, after studying Industrial Design and Visual Culture at Middle East Technical University in Ankara. She is a Berlinale Talents alumna. Selcen began her career as an assistant director and made a couple of short films that were selected by international film festivals. She was selected for the Medienboard Nipkow Artist-in-Residency in 2019.