Ábel Visky was born in Bacau, Romania in 1987. After finishing his photo, film and media studies at Sapienta University in Cluj, Romania, he continued his directorial studies at the University of Theater and Film Arts in Budapest, Hungary, where he is currently an MA student of the Film and Television Directing department.He is a multiple award winner with both documentary and fiction shorts Splash, Zsolt and Kriszta, Family Portrait and Dummy. His newest short Romanian Sunrise is in competition at the 27th Trieste Film Festival.