Sebastian Ponton Cueva was Born in Ecuador. He started his artistic life as a painter at the age of four years old winning a National Award. Later on, he showed an interest in building miniature environments and sculpture. He graduated with honors with a BFA degree in Computer Animation and VFX from Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. The passion for film started at the age of seventeen in Los Angeles where he started his Film career. He graduated with honors at the Toronto Film School in Film Production. His first Short Film called Samantha was filmed in Toronto, which its main actor was the talented John Tench.