Anastasia Ostapenko was born in Slavyanka (a village on the coast of the Sea of Japan). At the age of 17 she moved to Vladivostok, where she studied economy at the University. Later Anastasia moved to Saint- Petersburg, and after all, to Moscow. In Moscow Anastasia graduated from Nikita Mikhalkov film and theatre Academy, film director’s department. «The Swings» is the diploma film.