Born in 1990, in Nantes, Aude David studied at the School of Fine Arts in Nantes, before specializing in animation cinema at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, where she graduated in 2016. She directed two films during her studies, including Le Bar du Théâtre, which was selected in Annecy in the Diploma Films Competition. Un Petit Homme is her first professional film. 

Born in 1984 in Paris, Mikael Gaudin studied theatre and economics before entering the Paris Louis Lumière school in 2009 in the cinema section. He then worked as an assistant director on films by Jacques Audiard, Volker Schlöndorff or Pierre Salvadori, before moving on to direct three short fiction films between 2018 and 2020. Un Petit Homme is his first animated film.