The son of a painter and plastician father and a photographer mother, he also is the nephew of a cinematographer. A film director since 1967, he directed experimental films. He played in a few films (1967 Le Sourire bleu, short; 1972 What a Flash!, Jean-Michel Barjol; 1976 La Ville Bidon, Jacques Baratier, shot in 1970) and has exhibited his paintings and photos in many galleries since the early 1990s.