Oleksii Boriak was born on August 29, 1987 in Kyiv, Ukraine, the older of two brothers. His parents were engineers. Oleksii graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2009, with a Master degree in Social Work. His first film was based on a short story "Pensioner", written by French writer Boris Vian. He is also a painter and an artist-animator.