Anil Kaya was born in 1985 in Ankara. After having studied for one year in the Business Administration Department of Bilkent University he switched to Communication and Design Department of the same university, from which he graduated. He then completed his first short film Dore on the Road, which was screened in various national and international film festivals. Now while he is working as a director assistant in Istanbul he also works with Kelle Koltukta Independent Film Production in Ankara, Turkey.