Zeno Gries was born in Berlin in 1993. He studied at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts and was part of the Graduate School for Moving Image at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.

Zeno Gries has an open-ended approach to artistic work, deliberately relinquishing control over certain aspects of the creative process. This methodology often leads him to collaborate with scholars, actors, non-humans, and other artists from various disciplines. By embracing a performative surrender of power and control in his productions, Zeno Gries aims to challenge a traditional patriarchal approach to directing and art practice.

His film The Understudy has been the recipient of multiple awards. His current feature film project, I Believe in Death Bots, is being funded in its development as a Talent Film by the Kuratorium junger deutscher Film. In the past year he was a scholarship holder as Styria-Artist-in-Residence in Graz, Austria, and artist researcher in residence at UmArts, Umeå, Sweden.

Zeno Gries utilizes a diverse and ever-evolving range of new media, with a primary focus on film, video, and software.