Erdem Tepegoz was born in 1982. Graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Economics. He studied film directing in Prague. He traveled all around the world for making many documentaries.

Zerre (The Particle), his first feature film that he had written and directed, won almost 23 awards including Best Film Golden St. George at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival and the movie was screened in 30 countries. The director received many praises from cinema critics on his social realist cinema.