Estela Estupinya Garcia was born 31st of January in 1983 in Castellón de la Plana, Spain. She studied Arts at the University in Valencia where she was licensed, where her speciality was Video art. While she was studying at the Hochschule für bildende Künste of Hamburg she completed an Erasmus and a freemove. This was where she began to first study cinema. After finishing her studies, she continued her education to attain a masters in cinematography at the HfbK. "Utopia" is her first movie and she is currently working on her second movie "El tiempo de Clara".