Andrea Jaurrieta Bariain was born in Pamplona, Navarra, in 1986. After graduating in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid, she completed her studies in directing at ESCAC and dramatic art at the William Layton Lab. She participated in the making of short films at the beginning of her career, including Entresuelo (2008), SED (2009), Todos acabaremos solos (2011), A pleno sol (2012), Los años dirían (2013) and Nuestras pájaros vuelan solas (2016). She used a crowdfunding campaign to finance her first feature film, Ana de día (2018), starring Ingrid García-Jonsson. Her work earned her a nomination for the Goya Award for best new director.