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Elizabeth Marre was born in Paris, France, from a Puerto Rican Mom and a French Dad. Though raised in France, she has always felt a great influence from both cultures, probably as the result of spending all her childhood vacations in Puerto-Rico. This also explains why she is fluent in Spanish, English and French. After completing a Master’s Law Degree at the University Paris II, she successfully passed the French Bar Exam. At the same time, she pursued acting classes for several years. She worked as 1st Assistant Director on long feature films, which got her traveling from Lebanon to Hong-Kong.

Born in Paris, France, Olivier Pont grew up in the French Riviera. He passed a Scientific Baccalauréat and then graduated from the CFT Gobelins, the French National Animation School. He worked as an animator for three years at the Steven Spielberg’s Amblimation Studio in London. Searching for independence and personal creativity, he decided to develop his own stories and became a strip comic’s artist. Olivier edited eight cartoon books, including the diptych “Où le Regard ne porte pas…” which has met with great critical and public acclaim, and received many awards. At the same time, he also experienced other activities in radio animation, theater and music.