Esen Isik was born in Istanbul in 1969 and has been living in Switzerland since 1990. She received movie and video education in Zurich Acedemy of Fine Arts between 1992 and 1997. Esen Isik received awards for her short movies such as The Stolen Father (2000) and Du und Ich (2012). Kopek which means the Dog is her first feature-length movie.