Born in Paris, Andriot began his career in France in 1909 working for Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset.

His elder sister Josette Andriot was a French film actress, working for Jasset.

[2][3] The outbreak of World War I drove a re-organization of foreign film-industry assets in Fort Lee, including the employees.

For about three years, Maurice Tourneur, George Archainbaud, Emile Chautard, and Albert Capellani worked together on films such as the 1915 version of Camille, including the teaching of Josef von Sternberg.

[5] Andriot did show a long-standing affinity for French directors working in Hollywood, initially Maurice Tourneur, and later René Clair, Robert Florey, and Jean Renoir.