Born in 1999, Yan Paing Htun, who is a Muslim, is from Myaungmya in Ayeyarwady Region. In 2017, he started working as a videographer for a local NGO, Mosaic Myanmar, and in 2019 he joined film and television studio Aliens Production where he took on various roles including assistant director, sound recordist and sound designer. Yan Paing Htun joined Yangon Film School in 2020, where he has since worked as either sound recordist or cinematographer on films by his fellow-students, including Boy Queen (dir. Sai Nyi Min Htut) and Dala Boatbreakers (dir. Kaung Swan Thar). Since discovering his talent for postproduction, he has also worked as a colourist on several YFS productions. Love like Ours, which won the Ruby Award at the YFS-Goethe-Institute Documentary Competition in 2023, marks his directorial debut.