İlker Abay was born in Eskişehir, Turkey in 1978. As a filmmaker, producer, actor and director, he has participated in international festivals including Cannes, Rotterdam, Milan and Thessaloniki. The majority of his films focus on themes of the postmodern world such as identity, strangeness, death and family. Dealing with the individual, his weaknesses, dilemmas and inability to conform and tragicomic inhibitions, Abay displays a dark sense of humor but also a realistic view of things. In Süpermänner by Idil Üner & Ensemble, he recounts his personal life story on stage.