Cana Bilir-Meier studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, at the School Friedl Kubelka for Independent Film in Vienna, and at Sabancı University in Istanbul. In 2021 she was guest professor for art education at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. She works as a filmmaker, artist, and art teacher in Munich and Vienna. In 2018 she co-founded the Initiative for Commemorating Semra Ertan and in 2020 co-edited the volume of poetry: "Semra Ertan. Mein Name ist Ausländer/Benim Adım Yabancı." Her works have been exhibited at the Kunstverein Hamburg; the Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm; at the Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin; Nürnberg Staatstheater and NS-Dokumentationszentrum, Munich, and at numerous film festivals.

Source: 73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)