Nils Balleydier (1998) is an animation director. He graduated from the Institut Sainte-Geneviève in 2020, where he directed Partir. In 2022 he finished his course at La Poudrière where he directed The Flower and the Dung Beetle (one-minute film), The Love of Risk (20-second film), My Best Friend for the Espoirs de l’Animation (broadcast on the French TV channel Gulli), and Follow my Steps his graduation film, in partnership with France Televisions.