Oksana Degtyaryova was born in 1985 in the village of Srednebeloye, Amur region. In 2019 she graduated from VGIK (class of V.I. Khotinenko and V.A. Fenchenko). She shot several films during her studies which were shown at different festivals. Prior to entering the Institute she finished a music and a ballet school, completed her studies at the department of philology at the Samara State University and received a master’s degree in personal management at one of the US universities. Her filmography includes “Close the Door behind Me” (2015, short), “Instruction” (2015), “Talk to Me” (2017), “Scenes by the Sea” (2019).