Mari-Liis Karula, alias Mari-Liis Bassovskaja, (1977) received her BA degrees at the University of Tartu and the Estonian Academy of Arts. Since 2002, she has been active as a director in animation and her films include Old Lady and Death (2002). From 2004 she is collaborating with Jelena Girlin and they made The Dress (2007), Miriam's colors (2008), and Oranus (2009).