Emre Kayiş graduated from The London Film School with a MA in Filmmaking with distinction at 2014. His graduation film ‘The Translator’ premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival and became an instant hit, scooping the EFA award and nominated for the 28th European Film Awards. ‘The Translator’ was screened more then 100 film festivals around the globe including Palm Springs, Premier Plans D’Angers, Hamptons, and by the end of the year the film picked up 16 awards.

Currently Emre is working on his first feature ‘Anatolian Leopard’. Set in contemporary Turkey, the film portraits the emotional world of people who were squished under the spirit of the time, who have lost, similar to the sad story of this nearly extinct animal which is indigenous to Anatolia.

In 2015 Emre was invited to join European Film Academy.

Apart from working on his projects, Emre is also directing commercials.