Moved to USA with father; grew up in CA

Began working as office boy at MGM

Signed as actor with MGM; first film, "Scaramouche"

Worked as script clerk, assistant and actor on father's last six American films

Returned to Paris with father; worked as his editor

Directed first feature, "Un Vieux Garcon"

Moved back to USA; began working on shorts and as second unit director at MGM

Met Val Lewton when both worked as special unit directors for Jack Conway on "A Tale of Two Cities" (together they staged the "storming of the Bastille" sequence for that film)

Directed over 20 short sujects for MGM

First US feature as director, "They All Came Out"

Joined RKO where he began directing for producer Val Lewton; helmed "Cat People"

Began directing for TV in the late 1950s

Retired to France