After studying history at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Reha Erdem learned the intricacies of cinema at the University of Paris VIII in the "Cinema and Visual Arts" department. A French speaker, he participated in two documentary filmmaking workshops at the Ateliers Varan in Paris in Spring 1984 and Fall 1984 (16mm). There, he made two short films: ==Eric - Indirect== and ==Attendez piétons==. In 1988, he directed his first feature film, for which he also wrote the screenplay. This film won awards at several film festivals, and Reha Erdem was named Best Director of the Year by the Turkish Writers' Association. Between 1989 and 1999, he directed numerous commercials. In 1999, he shifted away from advertising to direct a second feature film titled ==A Run For Money== and, in 2004, ==On est bien peu de chose…==. In 2006, he released ==Times and Winds==. In September 2016, he received an award at the Venice Film Festival for his film ==Koca Dünya==. In 2017, he served as the president of the jury at the Istanbul International Film Festival.

Born in Rome in 1954, Daniele lives in Switzerland and often works in Latin America, where he has made a number of documentary films. After studying in Moscow, then engineering in Buenos Aires, he became a professor of mathematics and physics. He simultaneously published his photographic work in various Argentinian magazines and editions, and carried out photographic reports in various African countries. In 1984-85 he trained in documentary filmmaking at the Ateliers Varan in Paris, before creating the production company ==Voleur== in Paris. In 1993 he became head of various documentary film workshops, including one at the Fémis, and in 2000 a member and trainer at the Ateliers Varan. He was co-director with Catalina Villar of the Atelier Varan in Colombia and director of the Ateliers Varan in Portugal in 2004 and 2006. He supervised the Marseille workshop in 2004, a number of workshops in Paris, and the workshop in Recife, Brazil in 2016.