Simona Feldman was born in 1980 in Rehovot/Israel and moved to Germany in 1985. She studied Journalism, Jewish Studies and German Literature in Berlin and worked as a production assistant, assistant director and continuity & script supervisor. Since 2008, she has been studying Directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). She directed the short films SHABAT (2009) and BABUSCHKA (2012).