Born in 1956, Florence graduated from the Ecole Na- tionale des Arts Décoratifs with a specialization in engraving. She began her professional career as a layout artist for the press, exhibiting drawings and engravings. In 1991, she directed her first short film Hammam. Since then, she has imposed a very personal style on animation cinema. She makes her films with paint, pastel or sand, directly under the camera by overlapping. Her work has been noticed in various festivals in France and abroad. She received the César for the best short film in 2002 for Au premier dimanche d’août, a special mention at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 for Conte de Quartier and in 2015 received a Cristal d’honneur at the 39th Annecy International Animation Film Festival for her work. She has worked as a teacher in various animation schools: Gobelins, ENSAD, La Poudrière… and continues in parallel to the realization her work as a visual artist. Most of her films were written in collaboration with the writer Marie Desplechin. Their feature film The Crossing received in 2010 the award for best screenplay at the Festival Premiers Plans in Angers and was the subject of an exhibition at the Abbey of Fontevraud. In 2017 he received the Gan Foundation for Cinema award.