Born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1984. After graduating with a degree in translation in Georgia, she took a bachelor in communication design at the Peter Behrens School of Arts in Düsseldorf and a diploma in film and animation at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Her first animated film, "Summer Story", premiered at the 2017 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and was a semi-finalist in the Student Academy Awards. Her graduation film, "Armed Lullaby", premiered in Generation. In 2019, she founded the Fortis Fem Film production company. "Instructions for Survival" is her debut feature-length film.

Source: 71. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)