Francisco Avalos was born in El Salvador in 1958. He moved to Canada where he studied classical animation at Sheridan College. After graduating he went to work as story artist for Dreamworks SKG. He worked in movies like Shrek, Spirit of the Cimarron, Joseph and others. At the end of the year 2000, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where he lives and works as a director and a freelance storyboard artist. Francisco also continues writing and developing ideas for books, feature animation and TV animated series.