Thibault Emin grew up in Paris with a love of science fiction. After studying philosophy, he decided to become a film director. At the passing of his mother when he was 19, he immersed himself in cinema; Kitano, Lynch and Cronenberg became his adoptive family. His philosophical study of sci-fi cinema led him to found the metamorphic doctrine that would become the driving force behind the Else project. He directed fiction and documentaries at the University of Paris 8, then at La Fémis (including the short film “Else”), learned about acting, taught cinema, discovered poverty, and developed the “Else” project over 13 years.