Arda Yıldıran began his career as a motion graphic designer for TV and advertising in 2002. He worked as a director of photography with various music videos and advertisements and as a camera assistant in films. Since 2008, he has been working as a director of photography and colorist for film and advertising.

 He has won the Best Cinematography Award at the Valencia International Film Festival for his work on “The Pigeon” in 2018.  With the same work, he was nominated for Emerging Young Cinematography at the IMAGO and Best Cinematography at the Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) Awards.