Julien Regnard studied animation in Belgium at La Cambre Art School where he made two short films awarded and screened throughout festivals. He then joined Cartoon Saloon Studio in Ireland to work as a storyboard artist on many projects including Oscar nominated feature film Song of the Sea (Tomm Moore, 2013), The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey, 2016) and My Father’s Dragon (Nora Twomey, 2019). He also directed a short film at Cartoon Saloon, Somewhere Down the Line, which won the Best Animated Film Award at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in 2015 and Best Animation Film at the Irish Film and Television Awards 2015.