 After studying graphic design and illustration at the Art Academy in Utrecht, Driessen began animating TV-commercials in the Netherlands in the 1960, although he had no training in that art at all.When George Dunning, in search for talent, found Driessen at the Cine Cartoon Centre in Hilversum, he hired him as an animator for his feature animation film "Yellow Submarine" (1968).He also helped Driessen to emigrate to Canada where he became a member of the National Film Board of Canada in 1972.