After studying German Literature at the University of Zurich, she attended the Film Academy Baden- Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany, from which she graduated in 1999. Since then, she has been working as a screenwriter and film director in Switzerland and Germany.

She writes books, columns and stage plays. Her films have received numerous awards such as the Swiss Film Award, the Academy Award-qualifying Grand Prize at Indy Shorts, the Directing Award at the Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken, and twice the Script Prize of the Swiss Society of Authors SSA.

Her series SEITENTRIEBE / MONOGAMISH has been aired worldwide (Topic, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Sundance TV Latinoamérica) and has won the European Script Award. Güzin Kar lives in Zurich.