Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Kalden di Resta is a 19-year-old filmmaker and actor based in Portugal. He studied cinema at Blake High School of the Performing Arts and later at the Artistic School António Arroio, giving him experience with both American and European approaches to filmmaking. After working on several student films and appearing in other productions as an actor, he completed his first film, O Incentivo (2026). Coming from a family with a connection to the film industry, his grandfather was a producer at MGM, he continues to develop new projects as a filmmaker and storyteller.