Nagehan Uskan is a film scholar, documentary filmmaker, and activist. Her work lies at the intersection of the sociology of film, film as activism, and filmmaking in exile. As a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer, she has held positions at the University of Fribourg and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, among others. Her scholarly work extends into collective, art-based research projects that use video making as a tool. Her works include the award-winning films Mother Derdo and the Walnut Tree (2017) and Sweet Home Adana (2024). She is currently involved in a project as a postdoctoral researcher at King's College London. Uskan lives on the Greek island of Lesvos.

As of April 2025