Born in Trabzon, Turkey. Tayfun Pirselimoğlu graduated from Middle East Technical University after which he went to Vienna and studied painting at Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst (Academy of Applied Arts) He held various exhibitions in different cities of the world, including Vienna, İstanbul, Ankara, Budapest, Tallinn etc. He is the one of the founders of the independent art initiative of Akademie Genius which he lectured on script writing, cinema and painting. He also conducted workshops on film making in Wien, Athens, Ankara etc. Pirselimoğlu is the author of four novels ( Tales from the Desert, Album of the Missing Persons, Melancholia, Towers of the City) and a story book( Rooms of the Hotels). He started his film career as script writer and wrote various scripts of shorts.

Filmography
Saç ( 2010)
Director: Semih Kaplanoğlu
Best Cinematography And Best Supporting Actor Award :
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2010)
Fipresci Prize : Troia International Film Festival (2010)
Best Turkish Director And Best Turkish Film :
Istanbul International Film Festival 2010

Pus (2009)

Güz Sancısı (2009)
Script Writer

Rıza (2007)
Best Art Direction, Best Film, Best Director Awards : Ankara
International Film Festival (2008)

Hiçbir Yerde (2002)
People's Choice Award : İstanbul International Film Festival (2002)
Special Grand Prize Of The Jury : Montreal World Film Festival (2002)

Dayım (1999) Short Film
Best Cinematography Award- Capalbio Cinema (2000)
Best Short Film – Street Film Festival Milan (2000)

İz (1994)
Scriptwriter
Best Film Award : Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (1994)