Ljiljana Šišmanović was born in Zagreb in 1970. She graduated in Croatian Language and Class Teaching from the Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy. Since 1994 she has worked on Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) as Culture Program Editor. She is a member of Croatian Film Directors' Guild. Ljiljana has made some thirty documentary films, mostly produced by HRT. She won Jury Award for Best Script at the 13th Days of Croatian Film 2003, Best Documentary Award in the national competition of Tabor Film Festival 2005 and a few other awards.