During the First World War, he was married to the Belgian actress Ève Francis, who acted in many of his films.

He was one of the early Impressionist filmmakers, along with Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac, Marcel L'Herbier, and Jean Epstein.

His films are notable for their focus on ordinary events and the natural setting rather than on adventures and antics.

Many of his early film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume Cinema et cie (1919).

Filming took place in very poor weather conditions and Delluc contracted pneumonia.