[8] His feature films include Gabriel Axel's Leïla (2001) or the erotic dramas Grande École (2004)[9][10] based on Jean-Marie Besset's The Best of Schools or Jean-Claude Brisseau's À l'aventure (2009).

[11] Within the English-speaking world, Binnard appeared in Hulu's Guidestones, ABC's Modern Family[12] and plays Laurent in Emily in Paris.

Binard grew up in the seaside resort of Seignosse-le-Penon where his parents, sports teachers, managed the old public seawater pools.

My parents had taught me very early on how to swim into the waves, but my father refused to see me practicing this 'smoky backpacker sport'.

[15]At Marmande High School, Binard volunteered to form a theater group responding to the literature teacher's request to try to "conjure [his] great shyness".