Ben Gijsemans (born 1989) is a Belgian comic book and animated film maker. He studied audiovisual arts at the School of Arts in Ghent and then spent a year studying comic strip art at Sint-Lukas Brussels. His final project, Hubert, was published in 2014 and immediately marked his international breakthrough. His subsequent books Aaron (2020), De kerkgangers (2022), De tooghangers (2023) and De naamloze vogel (2025) are also characterised by sober drawings, quiet observations and a strong focus on the inner world of his characters.