 He returned to his native France in 1990 and, inspired by Nick Park's "Creature Comforts", set about making his own film.Chomet pitched "The Old Lady and the Pigeons" to Didier Brunner, producer at Les Amateurs, with whom he began to work on the film in 1991.The producers had difficulties raising enough money, but decided to start anyway, with money from the National Center of Cinematography.