Swirko was born in Germany as the son of an American soldier. In 1988his family moved to Berlin. After graduating he started working on film sets in several departments, e.g. as 1st assistant director and production assistant. Swirko then started a vocational training as management assistant in audiovisual media at a television production company. He then started at a TV network in the production department. In 2009, Steven Swirko attended the University of Music and Performing Arts/ Filmacademy Vienna to study film producing and script writing. He produced several award winning short films such as “CHRONOS” (2011) and “Ketchup Kid” (2013). “Michael S., re-collected” is his first film as director.
Austria