Original Hungarian, Istvan Toth grew up in Switzerland and in Germany. Later he studied painting in Venice (Italy) with Satomaso and Morandi. After the unexpected early dead of his father he had to take financial responsibilities for his family and founded a software company specializing in Architectural CAD in Italy, which became successful.

In his early fifties instead of dropping into a middle-age crisis he decided to unify his artistic background with his managerial skills and attended a one-year crash-course in filmmaking at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles.

After school he incorporated the production company Premisefilms, Inc. with which he hopes to make many beautiful motion pictures in the next future.