Born in Paris in 1958, Daniel Pudles spent his childhood in Brazil and America before returning to France in 1967. He studied at the Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques before taking work with Imedia, an affiliation of L'Institut National pour l'audiovisuel. His Video 'Voies de fêtes' won the Graphiti first prize in Monpellier. From 1993 to 2004 Pudles worked in London as an illustrator for a series of national newspapers including The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph and the weekly magazine The Economist. Whilst in London he won three first prizes for illustration at the National Art Library Illustration Awards as well as the Victoria and Albert Illustration Award in 1996, 2001 and 2004. Pudles currently lives and works in Brussels with his wife and two sons.