Özkan Küçük was born in Dersim (Tunceli). He completed his Master’s degree at Marmara University in the Department of Radio, TV, and Cinema, with a thesis on “Turkish Cinema in the 1990s.” Between 1997 and 2009, he worked with the Mesopotamia Cinema Collective and published articles in various newspapers and magazines. He is one of the founders of the Cegerxwin Art Conservatory, Cinema Academy, where he lectured on various aspects of film studies. He also initiated the Filmamed Documentary Film Festival and the Kısa Dalga (Short Wave) Film Days.