Delisle studied animation at
Sheridan College in
Oakville, near Toronto, and then worked for the animation studio
CinéGroupe in
Montreal. He later worked for different studios in Canada, Germany, France, China and
North Korea. His experiences as a supervisor of animation work by studios in Asia were recounted in two
graphic novels,
Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China (2000) and
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (2003). The two books, Delisle's most famous work, were first published in French by the independent
bande dessinée publisher
L'Association. They have been translated into many languages, including
Burmese,
Croatian,
Czech,
English,
Finnish,
German,
Italian,
Polish,
Portuguese and
Spanish. A
film version of
Pyongyang starring
Steve Carell was cancelled in December 2014 after the
Sony Pictures Entertainment hack. Delisle is married to a
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) administrator. With her, he made a trip to
Myanmar (Burma) in 2005, which is recounted in
Chroniques Birmanes (2007), translated into English as
Burma Chronicles. In the summer of 2009, they completed a one-year stay in
Beit Hanina,
Jerusalem, again with
Médecins Sans Frontières. This stay was recounted in
Chroniques de Jerusalem (2011) which won the
Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album in 2012. Amongst other things it covered the
Gaza War. In France, ''
(English title: Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City'') was a best-seller. In 2016, Delisle published ''S'enfuir. Récit d'un otage
(Dargaud), translated into English as Hostage'' and published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2017. The graphic novel depicts the true story of Christophe André, a
Médecins Sans Frontières administrator who was kidnapped in the Caucasus Region in 1997. Delisle resides in
Montpellier, France. == Bibliography ==