Selman Nacar is a filmmaker, with an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University in New York City. He gave lectures on fictional filmmaking at the same university. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law in 2015 and from the Faculty of Film in 2016. Nacar’s debut Between Two Dawns premiered at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival and received many awards, including the Best Film Award at the 39th Torino Film Festival. Nacar’s second film premiered at the 80th Venice Film Festival, and received many awards, including the Best Film Award at the 19th Zurich Film Festival, Best Screenplay Award at APSA also known as Asian Oscars. He is the writer & director of the Netflix Original Series Istanbul Encyclopedia, which will be released in 2025.