Konstantin Shishkin was born on October 30, 1995.

He grows up in Zurich Örlikon and graduates from the Kantonsschule Enge in 2015.

Then he makes his first short "Von Hamlet und Rubellosen", with which he wins the directing award at the FilmFestSpezial.

Travels by hitchhiking to Kyrgyzstan within nine months.

Back in Switzerland, he works first as an intern, then as a permanent employee at various film production companies. Among them Filmgereberei, C-Films and Condor Films.

In 2018 Konstantin start Filmschool at ZHdK, which he completes in 2023 with the short film "Haiwäg".