Angus Borsos was born on July 12, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of the late filmmaker Phillip Borsos (The Grey Fox, Bethune: The Making of a Hero). Angus has been pursuing the art of motion pictures since entering the industry at fifteen years old.

After becoming involved with music videos in 2012, Borsos has gone on to direct twenty-three videos of his own design, Mac DeMarco, Julia Holter, Nite Jewel, and Sean Nicholas Savage, most notably.