Director/Screenwriter /Actress /Musician

After earning her degrees in Music and Theater from Ankara and Istanbul State Conservatories, she recorded with distinguished musicians. She portrayed many significant roles as an actor at Dormen Theater in İstanbul. She earned her MFA at CalArts in acting with a scholarship and appeared in numerous stage, film, and TV productions in İstanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. Ayçıl writes, directs, and produces films and continues her acting career in independent film productions internationally. She wrote, directed, and produced her second short film “Topanga” and won 6 awards in global film competitions and film festivals, including 2 Audience Awards for Best Short Film between 2019 and 2020. Yeltan’s new feature film project “Fidan” has been granted “First Feature Film Support” by the Ministry of Culture, Turkey, a film score award at Fest Pitching Forum in Portugal, and a prize for post-production in work in progress program at Med Film Festival in Rome.