Barbara Eder was born in Eisenstadt, Austria in 1976. In 1994 she did a student exchange year in Brownsville, Texas, on which she based her film INSIDE AMERICA (2010). Previous to that she studied film directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and made numerous short films like SLEEPLESS (2002), TOD, TEUFEL & KOMMERZ (2004) and short documentaries including HIMMEL, HÖLLE, ROSENKRANZ (2005) and HARALD SERAFIN AUF HOHER SEE (2006).