Swiss-born director Michaela Müller received her diploma as fine arts teacher from the HSLU, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, in 1998. Her professional experience includes work as in-betweener, illustrator, painter, and in the props production of the Luzerner Theater. In 2005, she moved to Croatia. Miramare is her graduation film at the Department of Animation and New Media of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb.