Jean-Christophe Dessaint graduated from the animation school of Gobelins in Paris in 1997. After working for Gaumont’s studio as a director of animation, he becomes a storyboarder, a scriptwriter and later a director. In 1999, he leaves France to work in Korea with famous studios such as  Roughdraft, Bigstar and Seoul Movie. He then moves to Japan, to work with famous names of the Japanese animation, such as Yasuo Otsuka.