Born in the Bas-Saint-Laurent, Jean-David Rodrigue is the cofounder and director of Vaudeville Groupe Créatif Inc., a production company based in Quebec City. Bachelor in public communications at Laval University, he has proven himself in the advertising industry before entering the fiction world. Danavan is the first short film that he codirected and cowrote.

Franie-Éléonore has directed many short films in Quebec and on the international stage, including mockumentary La bagatelle, which won the creation grant at the Quebec City film festival, and the comedy Mal de cœur, which was selected by the Regard Festival. Trained in film directing at the INIS, her varied experiences led her to direct short documentaries for the Fabrique Culturelle and various advertising campaigns. Franie-Éléonore wants to create cinematographic experiences filled with humour to touch people’s hearts and minds.