
He was born in 1945 in Demirköy of Bilecik. His father was a poor railroad worker and he had five siblings. He studied primary school in Demirköy and Adapazarı. He had to quit his education in secondary school. He attended Eskişehir Municipal Theater courses. Like the hero of his last movie, "Hollywood Fugitives", cinema became his passion at a young age due to the influence of the movies he watch...
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Ömer lives with his family in a suburb of Stockholm. One of his sons, Kemal, respect his father's strict authoritarian and traditional Muslim values. The other Metin wants to live for more liberal norms. A conflict between the two brothers arise.

Utlänningen is a typical exponent of independent, exile and migrant filmmaking. It contains documentary footage from both Finland and Turkey and depicts the situation of the forced migrant: to be placed in-between two countries and two different socio-political situations; between the on-going political struggle in a remote Turkey and the current situation in a foreign Finland. Özer acts the leading part in the film.

The Earth Man, a small clay figurine, lives in a small town in Anatolia in Turkey. But he dreams of going to Europe and finally arrives in Sweden. In Sweden it's not that easy to get rich. There are many temptations and difficulties and in the be bad times, he can not decide himself about his destiny.
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