Born in Austria, Michaela Resch grew up in Vienna and Cologne/Bonn (Germany). After living and working in Guatemala, she studied Media Studies and Communications (Bakk.phil) at the University of Vienna as well as Social and Cultural Anthropology and Film Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. In fall 2018, she graduated from the international advanced Master's Program Visual and Media Anthropology (M.A.) at Freie Universität Berlin with her documentary “HERZ STICHT“ (Austria/Germany).

Her short documentary "RE:AW:RE:FW" (Germany) won the special award of the foundation of the Sorbian People (Stiftung für das sorbische Volk) at the 26th Filmfestival Cottbus and was nominated during the 41st Duisburger Filmwoche for the European film prize for political child and youth documentaries ”GROSSE KLAPPE” – founded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb).

Since 2010 she has been working, amongst other positions as a director, writer and creative producer with different institutions and companies such as Deutsche Welle, ORF or west4.media filmproduktions gmbh. Her work is characterized by a fine sense for authentic storytelling and reflects her passion for aesthetic imagery. Currently she lives and works in Vienna.