Mumin Baris is born in Kircaali/Bulgaria. Because of political reasons he and his family had to immigrate to Istanbul when he was 7 years old. He lived in Istanbul for 17 years, studied environmental engineering in Istanbul Technical University. Then he got accepted to the film school FAMU in Prague. After studying film directing there, he studied MA Film Studies in King's College London. Now, he is working as a filmmaker in Berlin.