Nephan Baykal was born in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Literature. He then studied cinema and television broadcasting for two years. He participated in various programs on cinema. He won first place in the MTV short film competition with his first film, "Return Ticket". He later won various awards in national and international short film festivals by making the films "Matruşka" and "Pillow". He currently works on an internet news site and is working on his own film projects.