Born in 1989, Anouk Fortunier studied both journalism and audiovisual arts. The short film Drôle d’oiseau (2016), her graduation film at the Luca School of Arts, garnered several international festival selections and awards. Domestically, the film won the audience award at the Film Fest Gent and the VAF Wildcard and prize for best debut at the Short Film Festival Leuven. Fortunier also gained a lot of experience in different positions in the cultural and audiovisual sector, including production assistant for Jaco Van Dormael’s Le Tout Nouveau Testament, children’s coach for Gilles Coulier’s Cargo, and Sahim Omar Kalifa’s Zafros. My Dad is a Sausage is her first feature film.