Eugen Merher was born October 24th 1990 in Chisinau, Moldova and moved to Germany when he was six years old. At that time he discovered his passion for filmmaking with his parents' DV camera that he used for cheap action flicks with his Russian friends. After high school, he started studying communication science and journalism at the University of Hohenheim and the University of Oregon, before moving on to become a commercial director at the Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg in 2014. Since 2020 he has been working as a freelance director based in Berlin.