Théotime Vaillant grew up in a small town in the French countryside.
He went up studying Fine Art and eventually Animation at ENSAD in Paris in 2010. In 2012 he had the chance to spend a semester at CalArts, where ee eventually enrolled as a full time student. Attending two schools at once in 2014/2015 he received a MASTERS degree from ENSAD and a BFA from CalArts almost consecutively. Upon graduation he became faculty at CalArts and taught Cinema 4D, the game engine Unity and game-design classes on CalArts Coursera platform. He worked in various fields, from animation to creative technology and VR and AR. He participated in works such as Age of Sail and The Dial, which premiered at Sundance in 2019.
He eventually found a career in Technical UI Design and currently works at Maxis, an Electronic Arts video game studio, on games from The Sims franchise.
He likes games of all sorts, 80's new wave, the Pacific ocean, book making, and being refer to as: Theo.