Born in Toulouse in 1988, Jonathan Vinel studied Editing at La Fémis after previously obtaining a diploma in Film at the University of Paris. He directed various films before embarking on a collaboration with Caroline Poggi for Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (2014), which won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale. Their first feature film Jessica Forever (2018) premiered at TIFF and subsequently played at the Berlinale. He lives and works between Paris, Corsica and Toulouse.