Born in 1976 in Istanbul, Baltaoglu began making short films and music videos in 2000 after working as copywriter in major ad agencies in Istanbul. He began directing commercials in 2008 and is currently developing his debut feature film titled Hangnail.
In 2014 he attended Judith Weston’s Directing Actors Workshop in Los Angeles, California.
In 2016 his debut film project Hangnail was awarded with Mediterranean Film Institute’s Script Workshop Scholarship by one of the most prominent co-production platforms of the region, Meetings on the Bridge Istanbul.
He currently serves as board member of RFYP (Commercial Film Directors Platform) which he co-founded in 2018, aiming to bring together over 150 commercial directors and help improve their working conditions.