Katya Trichkova was born 1978 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She has a master’s degree from the Law Faculty of Veliko Tarnovo University, Bulgaria. For several years she worked in the field of legal approximation of the national and European law.

In 2006 Katya began to study Film and TV Directing at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts (NAFTA), under the supervision of acad. Lyudmil Staykov. During her studies she worked as an assistant director for many TV commercials and short films.

In 2009 she became a co-founder and manager of Contrast Films Ltd. – a production company based in Sofia, aimed at supporting independent film and theatrical productions. Her legal and artistic backgrounds helped her in developing a variety of projects.