Elias Koller, born in 1997 in St. Gallen, first began experimenting with his parents' digital camera during elementary school. After completing training and internships in media publishing, journalism, and film, he studied film at the Zurich University of the Arts from 2020 to 2025. Elias Koller is interested in the space between melancholy and humor, and in the quiet absurdities of everyday life. He writes for commercials, develops screenplays, and directs films.