Miri Klischat was born in Wuppertal in 1995 and gained her first film experience at Medienprojekt Wuppertal after graduating from high school, where she still works as a freelancer today. After training as a media designer for image and sound, she studied Film & Sound at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, specializing in directing. Afterwards, she moved to Cologne and has been studying postgraduate media arts at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne since 2023, specializing in screenwriting and directing.