A director and screenwriter trained at the Gobelins animation school, Nicolas Athané directed the short Un tour de manège (2009). He worked on the animation for the video games Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends, as well as The Red Turtle (2016) and The Rabbi′s Cat (2011). He went on to co-write and co-direct several series at the adult animation studio Bobbypills, including Les Kassos and Monsieur Flap. His debut feature, co-written and co-directed with Marco Nguyen, Jim Queen, a satire built around a fictional virus that turns gay men heterosexual, had its world premiere to considerable buzz in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
