Born in 1990, Lisa Gerig studied film and editing at the Zurich University of the Arts. She later received a diploma in Documentary Film Directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she won the Promotional Award for Young Students in 2019. With a longstanding interest in the asylum process, Gerig has worked as an activist and a freelance filmmaker for over ten years. The Hearing is her first feature-length documentary.
