Jean-François Laguionie

Born in 1939 in Besançon, France, he studied Applied Arts and worked together with animator Paul Grimault. He directed short films like Rowing Across the Atlantic (1978; Palm d’Or at Cannes), and the feature films Gwen et le livre de sable (1985), Le Château des singes (1995) and L’Ile de Black Mor (2003).