Born in 1979 and graduated from the Utrecht School of the Arts, André Bergs has worked as a freelance animator and director on several productions, and also as a freelance lecturer at the Danish Animation Workshop and the Utrecht School of the Arts. Pivot was a joint effort between the studios Plastiek (André Bergs, Arno de Grijs), Soulbase (Floris Vos) and Artibite (Kevin Megens).