Boris Kuijpers studied film at the Brussels Filmschool RITCS. He works as a screenwriter and director for fiction and commercials. With Ruth Mellaerts he made the award winning short films ‘Allegory of the Jam Jar’ and ‘The Day the Dogs Disappeared'. They are currently writing a supported television series for children and are developing a concept for another television series. They live together in Brussels, with their son Nino.