Kirill "Chris" Nong was born in 1989, in Belarus. He took a keen interest in cinema at the age of 15, and in 2009 he graduated from New York Film Academy. A few years later he made a short film "The Editor" that became popular on the internet. In 2012 Chris made a feature film called "Shoot to Film" that became his most well-known work to date. He moved to Los Angeles in 2013 to further pursue film studies and career.