Dmitry Badera was born in Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine on 25th March 1994. He finished acting courses and took part in different projects as an actor in series and video ads. He graduated as a lawyer in a local college in his hometown in 2013. In 2018 Dmitry made his first short movie.

In 2021 the director finished a one-year program on the Masterclass platform where he could learn from the greatest living artists such as Aaron Sorkin, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard and many others. Dmitry has been doing filmmaking since 2018. During that time he shot a few commercials and three short films as a director.

As a screenwriter, Dmitry wrote dozens of stories related to films and commercials. The locked door is his first film where he was in charge of every aspect of making the movie. From idea to final editing.