Florian Fessl was born 1981 in Wels, Austria. After switching several schools he finally was suspended because of an "Anti-school homepage" he made, which became so popular, that it even made it into the major Austrian news media.
After leaving school he instantly got hired as computer game developer at TWYN Group. At the age of 18 he started his studies in media technology and design and graduated two yearslater.
In his spare time he worked for local TV Channels and shot several short movies. 2004 he moved to Vienna, where he started to direct music videos for Sony Music Entertainment and several independent labels.
2006 he attended the directors certificate program at NYU ‘Tisch school of the Arts’ in New York City.
Since then he is working as editor and director for short fiction films, TV-Series, commercials and music videos.