Philip Sotnychenko was born in 1989 in Kyiv, in a family of filmmakers. In 2016 graduated from Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Film and TV University Directing course. In 2015 co-founded NGO «CUC» (Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema). His film "Technical Break" won awards at the Tallinn Black Nights festival in Estonia (2017) and MediaWave in Hungary (2018).