Kurdish filmmaker and photographer Umay Işık graduated in photography and video. In 2016, he started travelling by hitchhiking, which soon led him to film road stories. in 2020, he shot and edited his first documentary film, in which he filmed his grandmother. While continuing his university, Işık worked on many films and photography projects. He completed his first feature-length documentary film How Far Can We Go in 2023. Umay currently lives in California, USA.