He lived in southern France and Guadeloupe before moving to Paris.

[1] Périot never went to a film school, instead he studied media and communication.

While working in the audiovisual service at Centre Georges Pompidou he turned to editing and got introduced to archives.

[2][3] His favourite filmmaker include: Dziga Vertov,[4] Michael Haneke, Jean-Luc Godard and Guy Debord.

[5] Périot currently shares his time between Paris and Nice.