He attended the École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel (ESAV) in Toulouse, where he obtained a master's degree in audiovisual studies.
He went on to the Conservatoire Européen d'Ecriture Audiovisuelle (CEEA) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for further studies in screenplay writing.
Between 1992 and 1996 he directed three short movies: Eternité moins cinq, Camilio and La femme à l'ombrelle.
[1] The film was a France and Canada co-production between Athénaïse – Sophie Salbot and Corporation ACPAV inc. – Marc Daigle.
[3] Rêves de poussière tells of Mocktar Dicko, a Nigerien peasant, who goes to look for work in a gold mine in northeastern Burkina Faso.