Ana Šiškov was born in Split in 1999. During high school, she joined Kino Klub Split where she made her first hybrid film Maslo. With this film, in 2018, she was admitted to the Film and Television Directing program at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. Her final short feature film for her BA studies, Nije pristojno plesat po grobu (Dancing on the grave), was featured at the IndieLisboa Film Festival in Portugal, the Drama Film Festival in Greece, and several other festivals. It won the audience award at the Mediterranean Film Festival Split and the best film award at the Graduation Film Festival in Niš. In the 2022/2023 academic year, she received the Rector's Award for individual artistic work.