Bianca Jadwiga Lucas was born in 1989 in Switzerland. Of Polish and Australian origin, she grew up in Warsaw. She completed her first degree at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

In 2017, she graduated from a three-year filmmaking course at the Film.Factory, Sarajevo, helmed by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. Throughout her studies, she has been mentored by directors such as Carlos Reygadas, Gus Van Sant, Abel Ferrara, Pedro Costa, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Guy Maddin, Agnieszka Holland, Juliette Binoche, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Tilda Swinton, among others.

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Her short films have been screened at festivals such as International Film Festival Rotterdam, New Horizons International Film Festival, Premiers Plans d’Angers, and Winterthur Internationale Kurzfilmtage.

Her first feature, LOVE DOG, premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival in 2022, where it received a special mention. Her work seeks to occupy the intersection between narrative cinema and documentary approach, with a penchant towards 'horror films of the soul'*.

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Bianca has also worked in film education and as a film programmer. In her capacity as programmer and department head, she has worked for both the Sarajevo Film Festival and EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. 

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Bianca is based between Los Angeles and Warsaw, and is currently developing her second feature film.

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She is married to filmmaker Lance Hammer, and is a mother.