Idil Ar Ucaner is working as an animation director, illustrator and character designer for more than 12 years. 

After graduating from Mimar Sinan University - Industrial Design Department, she made her master degree in Berlin - Kunsthochshule Weissensee. During her studies in Berlin, she met the magical world of animation and passionately decided to be a part of it as an animation director. 

Now she has a 7 years old daughter. After giving birth to Yonca, Children’s Books naturally took a part of her daily life… She read and keeps on reading lots of books with her daughter and finally decided to create her own children book afterwards. Nowadays, she is working on her first book as an author and illustrator as well. She has also illustrated two children books.

''Tembel Teneke'' is published in Turkey and ''Greta La Poeta'' is published in 2024 in Spain.

Her last film ‘’The Garden’’ won ‘’Best Children’s Film Award’’ in Uppsala Short Film Festival 2017 in Sweden. The Garden has been screened in more than 100 international film festivals around the globe.

She also occasionally teaches animation and design to children between 3-6 years old and young adults in several academic and voluntary classes. She enjoys teaching and also learns a lot from children as well.

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