Corina Schwingruber Ilić was born in 1981. She lives and works in Lucerne, Switzerland and Belgrade, Serbia. Between 2004 and 2006, she attended the University of Fine Art in Basel and the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. From 2006 to 2009, she attended the Video department at University of Art and Design in Lucerne. Since 2010, she has been working as a filmmaker and editor. In 2017, she co-founded PRO SHORT (Short Film Association Switzerland).

Her filmography includes All inclusive (2018), In the Woods (2017) with co-director Thomas Horat, Just Another Day in Egypt (2015), Down on the Corner (2013), Tons of Passion (2011)