Angelina Nikonova was born and raised in Rostov-on-Don, in the south of Russia. In 2001 she was graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York, Film and Video major. Twilight Portrait was co-written with Olga Dihovichnaya. Angelina and Olga decided to produce the film together,with Angelina directing it and Olga playing the lead role. The experience of working in quite a few film positions helped Angelina to execute the production within the “close-to-nothing” budget.