Sophie Roze was born in 1979. She studied history at university then turned to animation and was accepted at La Poudrière school in 2003. She directed her first film in 2009, Joseph’s Snails (stop-motion), then The Whale Bird (cut-out) in 2010. She also illustrates children’s books. In 2014, she co-directed Snow (cut-out) with Antoine Lanciaux.