Born in Aye, a tiny town near Marche-en-Famenne, Benoît Feroumont studied comic art and illustration at the École Supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc in Liège. His graduation project was a 2D short film called 'This Strange Zwan Saucisse Suicide'. He subsequently enrolled at the La Cambre School of Animation in Brussels. From 1992, he has worked on a variety of animation projects, such as 'Les Gens' (1992), 'Chapeaux' (1992), 'Madame O'Hara et Chabada Bada' (1994) and 'Un Ange Passe' (1995). His film 'BZZ' was featured on the Cannes Film Festival of 2000, and Feroumont subsequently participated in the creation of Sylvain Chomet's animated film 'Les triplettes de Belleville' (2003).
