Florin Șerban was born in 1975, in Romania. He studied at Columbia University in New York and holds a Master Degree in Film Directing. He also graduated from the Romanian National University of Theater and Film, and holds a BA in Philosophy and MA in the Philosophy of Culture and Hermeneutics.

With his directorial debut in feature film If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, Florin Șerban received the Silver Bear – Grand Prize of the Jury and the Alfred Bauer Award for innovation in cinema at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival. The film also received many other best film and best director awards.

His second feature film project is Box (2015).

Florin is now working on his third feature film, America.

Florin Șerban is also the director and coordinating professor at The Acting School in Bucharest, Romania.