After studying communications at ULiège, Jean-François Tefnin worked for the Dardenne brothers’ production company, Les Films du Fleuve, from 1995 to 2005, first as assistant director, then as production administrator. In 2006, he took over the management of the CLAP Wallonie film shooting office. Since 2019, he has headed the Wallimage Tournages department of the Fonds Régional d’Investissement dans l’Audiovisuel.