Nataliia Filimonova was born in St.Petersburg, Russia. She attended three universities in Bulgaria, UK and USA during her studies for bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Her first short "The Egg" (2017) is based on the award-winning story by Andy Weir; she was 20 at the time of production. "The Egg" had a world premiere on American Psychological Association Film Festival. Filimonova has also directed a student theatre play "The Lover" (2017) by Harold Pinter that premiered in the Dr. Carl Djerassi Theater, Bulgaria.