He was one of the founders of the French production company Persona Films which produced most of his early work.

[1][2] Bourdos often collaborates with filmmaker Michel Spinosa, cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin and musician Alexandre Desplat.

[3] His second critically acclaimed feature, Inquietudes (2003), is based on the Ruth Rendell novel A Sight for Sore Eyes and stars Gregoire Colin and Julie Ordon.

[4][5] His first English language film, Afterwards (2008), featured Evangeline Lilly, John Malkovich, and Romain Duris, and was based on the French bestseller Et Après... by Guillaume Musso.

Renoir was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.