Natalia Ryss was born in Rostov-on-Don.
Graduated from Art College in Rostov-on-Don (designer) in 1988 and art‐graphic faculty of the Russian State University of
Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov in 1995.
Creates animated shorts as an independent filmmaker and in collaboration with different production companies.
Preferably works with non-conventional structure of narration, uses expressive editing and mix of different art-techniques (torn paper,
drawing on glass and wet paper, photo- and video-filters…).
Participant of many international festivals such as Ann Arbor, Hiroshima, Ottawa, Anima Mundi, Anima Belgium, Stop Trik, Cinanima,
Monstra, Tricky Women, DOK Leipzig, KROK, Animaphix…
Since 2015 she lives in Haifa, Israel.