Anastassya Angelova is a writer/director born and raised in Warsaw, Poland to Bulgarian expatriates.

She was interested in visual arts from a young age, when she completed a photography course at the Warsaw School of Photography and Graphic Design. After finishing high school, she went on to study film at King's College London. She completed numerous internships on film sets in Poland and Bulgaria. After graduating, she moved to Prague to study MA directing in FAMU. She is currently in her last year of studies, and she will be graduating in 2025.

Currently living in Heidelberg, Germany and developing her first feature film.