Tinatin Gurchiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She studied painting and psychology in Germany and Austria. After receiving her diploma with honors in psychology she studied directing at the University of Film and Television Konrad Wolf (HFF) in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, and graduated with honors in 2010. With her student films in 2007, Gurchiani won the DAAD Award for artistic and social engagement in film and in 2012, with her diploma film she was nominated for German Film Academy Award First Steps 2012. “The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear” was her first feature film, which was shown and awarded at numerous festivals in over 140 countries, including IDFA, Sundance, Hot Docs, MOMA, Dok Leipzig, Thessaloniki IFF, Viennale, AFI Docs, Visions Du Reel Nyon, Busan International Film Festival etc. and won Best Director at Sundance 2013, Filmmaker Award at Hot Docs 2013, It’s All True Award in Brazil etc. Tinatin Gurchiani lives and works in Tbilisi and Berlin.