Saskia Diesing was born in 1972 and lived in Germany before moving to the Netherlands at the age of 8. After graduating as a filmmaker from School of the Arts Utrecht (HKU) she worked at the Dutch broadcaster VPRO. Her first feature film, Nena, won several awards, including the Golden Calf for best actress and best director at the 2015 Nederlands Film Festival. She has been a senior lecturer in both writing and directing for film at HKU since 2004.
