Mikaël Gaudin (1984, Paris) studied theatre, economics and cinema before entering the ENS Louis-Lumière in 2009 in the cinema section. He then worked as an assistant director on films by Jacques Audiard, Volker Schlöndorff or Pierre Salvadori, before moving on to direct three short fiction films between 2018 and 2020. Un Petit Homme is his first animated film.