Nadya Zakharova studied Arts and Graphic Design at the Perm Pedagogical College in Perm, Russia, and continued her education at the Moscow School of New Cinema. Her graduate film Fire (2016) was awarded as Best National Documentary at the Message to Man IFF in St Petersburg, Russia, and participated in various festivals. Her short documentary Dust of Time (2017) set in Nepal was also a participant of many festivals. She also worked with the celebrated Russian filmmaker Alexander Rastorguev in the North of Russia. In 2019 the short documentary The Bell (Kolokol) co-directed by Nadya Zakharova received a Special Mention at the Beat Film Festival in Moscow.
Russia