Andreas Hykade was born in the Summer of Love in Altötting, center of the Holy Mary cult. Since he's been a grown-up, he's created animated films for grown-ups, including "We Lived in Grass" (1995), "Ring of Fire" (2000) "The Runt" (2005) and Love & Theft (2010). Now he's a father, he creates animated films for children as well, including the interactive series TOM & the slice of bread with strawberry jam & honey (2001 - 2012). He also is a professor of animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.