Diana was born in the family of Finnish researcher Reijo Mononen and Russian-Finnish artist Elena Ringo. Her great-grandfathers are inventor
Josef Ringo Her director debut is dystopian feature film drama
Quarantine (2021) which was shortlisted for the 2022 Golden Globes as a foreign entry. She was also composer of the film and for the film's score she wrote 26 original tracks. In November 2022 it was announced that her feature film based on George Orwell's dystopian novel
Nineteen Eighty-Four would be released in 2023. Her film
1984 was released on 15 November 2023. In February 2025, the trailer for
The Curse of Modigliani was released. The film, starring Edward Pishiyski and based on an original screenplay by Diana Ringo, marks her first English-language feature. Shot in Helsinki, the film was released on 7 December 2025. Diana Ringo's directorial style has been compared to the works of
Andrei Tarkovsky,
Terrence Malick and
Aleksandr Sokurov. Her music for the film
Million Loves in Me by
Sampson Yuen won the award for the Best Original Score at the LAFA Awards in 2020. She also composed the score for the
Santa Monica College short film
Hinge by Lisa Mayo in 2019. Diana grew up in Helsinki and was interested in music since early childhood. At the age of five, pianist Dmitry Soloviev, discovered that Diana has perfect pitch. She started to study piano and Soloviev became her first music teacher. She studied piano with famous pianists such as
Janne Mertanen,
Risto Lauriala. She has attended master classes by the Hollywood composer
Lalo Schifrin, directors
Paul Verhoeven and
David Lynch. Diana Ringo is a classically educated pianist. Her original compositions combine classical and romantic influences with modern electronics and synthesizers. Her favorite classical composers are
Bach,
Beethoven and
Chopin. Film score composers whose works have influenced Diana Ringo include
Ennio Morricone,
Dmitri Shostakovich,
Michel Legrand,
Giorgio Moroder and
Lalo Schifrin. She is also a singer. On 17 August 2025 she released her single titled "Happy Mealz" off her post-punk album
Cyberwolf. The album was released on 17 October 2025. As a visual artist and painter, Diana works with oil, gouache, digital techniques, collage and mixed media. ==Filmography==