LITTLE AMELIE

Maïlys is a director, story artist, animator, and visual designer of characters and backgrounds for both 2D and stop-motion animated films. From a very young age, she began drawing and inventing small stories for characters and puppets she built alongside her father. She pursued Applied Arts at the Lycée de Sèvres during high school. In 2006, she continued her studies at EPSAA (École Professionnelle Supérieure d’Arts Graphiques de la Ville de Paris), where she earned a degree in Graphic Arts. She completed her training at Gobelins, majoring in Animation Film Design and Directing, and graduated in 2009. During her time at Gobelins, she directed three short films. Passionate about experimental short films, she explored various techniques including traditional 2D animation, paper cut-out, and stop-motion. However, her desire to direct longer-format films soon took precedence. She joined the feature film Adama to develop the visual world and storyboard concepts. Later, she worked on Ernest & Celestine, animating the characters in 2D. A true all-rounder, Maïlys has particularly distinguished herself in storyboarding, contributing to The Little Prince, Long Way North (also working on character layout and 2D animation), A Man Is Dead, The Swallows of Kabul (also contributing to background design), I Lost My Body, Calamity (as co-author of both characters and backgrounds), Séraphine and Fleur (handling character design as co-author). Little Amélie marks her debut as a feature film director and screenwriter.