Marina Migounova was born on October 15, 1965 in Moscow into a family of geologists. She graduated from the medical institute in 1988 and specialized in radiology. She worked as a radiologist for several years from 1990. From 1995 she worked in the advertising agency TV-6 Media as a creative director. In 1997 she entered the VGIK (State Institute of Cinematography), where she studied first in the chair of V. Kobrin, then in the chair of V. Man. At the same time she worked in the agency "Arktour". Marina Migunova graduated from VGIK in 1999. Her graduation film is A Clear Monday, based on a story by Bunin.
