In 2002, he directed his first short film, Undercover,[1] a seven-minute presentation which mixed cinema and a live show; it won multiple international awards.

This version, produced by the Gruber Ballet Opéra, which presents 39 artists from Chinese State Circus, has made a world tour, starting in France in 2009.

In 2013, he started research for his first feature film, which tells the story of a posh high school teacher in Paris that is transferred to the city's poorer suburbs.

The film bore its final title, Les Grands Esprits (The Teacher in English), with Denis Podalydès in the main role.

It was shown in cinemas all around the world, in countries including the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Italy, Spain, Japan, Taiwan, Nigeria, Senegal and the Ivory Coast.

There, he photographed vulnerable populations helped by the programme, such as the Akha, Hmong, Lisu and Karen peoples of Thailand, the women of Bangladesh and the children of the streets of Saigon.

In total, he made thirty pieces in close to fifteen countries: Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, China, the United States, Jamaica, Guyana, Nepal, Brazil.

[11] Starting 2008, he staged The Nutcracker made in China, a production of the Gruber Ballet Opera that mixes dance, theatre and acrobatics.