Paul Augustin Driessen (born 30 March 1940) is a Dutch film director, animator and writer.
[1] Driessen's unique style can be easily recognized by the delicate quality of his ever-moving and wiggling lines, as well as by the fluid but awkward movements of his characters.
His short films have won more than fifty prizes all over the world, including the Life Achievement Awards at both Ottawa and Zagreb animation festivals, and a 1999 Oscar nomination for 3 Misses .
[2][3] In the 1980s Driessen taught animation at the University of Art Kassel, Germany, after Jan Lenica.
Two of his students' films--Balance by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein,[4] and Quest by Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach—won Academy Awards.