Umut Alaz Kökçü was born in 1996 in Balıkesir, where she completed her primary, secondary and high-school education. She got into Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and graduated in February 2020 from the department of Cinema and TV. She has taken part in many productions such as short films, commercials and music videos as a director of photography and camera assistant. She is currently studying her Master’s degree in Cinema at Marmara University.