Served as charge de mission at Institut National des Statistiques

Was an agricultural engineer with the Institut des Fruits et Agrumes Coloniaux

Served as literary advisor to Editions de Minuit, Paris

First screenplay, "Last Year at Marienbad"

Made directorial debut with "L'Immortelle"; also scripted

With wife, appeared in "Trans-Europ-Express"; also directed and scripted

Directed "La belle captive/The Beautiful Prisoner"

Helmed the crime thriller, "Un bruit qui rend fou/The Blue Villa" starring Fred Ward

Directed last feature before his death, "C'est Gradiva qui vous appelle" starring James Wilby