Daina Oniunas-Pusiç was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1985 where she acquired a BA in film directing. During her studies she had the chance to direct about a dozen short films and a documentary. In 2009 she won at the Revue of Croatian Filmmaking with her film Kinkachoo which she wrote and directed. She has also directed a theatre dance performance and worked as an assistant director on an experimental feature film as well as dozens of commercials. In January 2010 she enrolled in the filmmaking masters course at the London Film School. She lives in London.