Born in 1978, Jonathan Laskar studied visual arts at the University of Aix-Marseille and classical double bass at the Conservatory of Aix-en-Provence. In 2000, he moved to Germany, in the city of Weimar, to study architecture at the Bauhaus-Universität. After a few years of professional experience as an architect in Basel, Jonathan Laskar studied animation at the Lucerne University of Art and Design (Switzerland), where he obtained a master’s degree with his graduation film De terre et d’encre produced by Claude Barras. Since 2013, he lives in Geneva and works with Georges Schwizgebel and Claude Luyet, as well as an independent animation filmmaker.