He then came to the U.S. some time before 1914 as an employee of the Éclair American Company based in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

[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.

The cinematography of the early widescreen John Wayne western The Big Trail in 1930 is unfortunately not his work.

[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.