Béhar was born to Jewish parents in Cairo and educated in Paris.
[1] He has been North American correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde.
[1] He was familiar with Arabic, French, English and Italian from childhood and later learned German and Spanish.
He worked extensively with Woody Allen, Atom Egoyan, Todd Field and Gus van Sant.
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