Ayla Gottschlich was born and raised in Berlin. In 1998 she went to the USA for one year. She worked for various film productions in Berlin. In 2004 she shot her first documentary film Ein Kuckuck nimmt auch keine Dohle als Mann. Since 2004 she has been studying at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. There she made the documentary Pizza Punjabi in 2006 and Bana Bak – Schau mich an in 2008. At Ballhaus Naunynstraße she realized Volume III of the Kiez-Monatsschau together with young people.