Born in Bastogne, Belgium, in 1977, Francois Pirot took a degree in performing arts and broadcasting techniques at the IAD institute of Media Arts in Louvain-la-Neuve, with a major in directing. He went on to direct several short films that were picked up by numerous international festivals. Francois Pirot is also an actor and screenwriter. He was in the cast for Ca Rend Heureux (2006), by Joachim Lafosse, with whom he wrote the screenplays for the film Private Property (2006) in competition at the Venice Film Festival and Private Lessons (2008), which was included in the Directors Fortnight at Cannes.