His work included the scores for TV series: "Régis l'éventreur" by Georges Combe and TV documentaries "Le juste NON" documentary by Caroline Buffard (2000), "La vie en question" documentary by Caroline Puig-Grenetier (2009), "Entre désir et incertitude" documentary by Abdelkader Lagtaâ (2010).
He won three Best musical awards: (Virgin Spring Cinefest) Best original score for "Contumace" in absentia by Nelson Rodrigo (2021) (Le Creusot film festival); for his work on "La formation en quatre actes" by Olivier Xueref (1992) and "L'esprit et la matiere" by Arielle Mémery (2000).
Pierre Yves Lenik obtained a degree in history at Lumière University Lyon 2.
In 1981, he attended the SERAV film course directed by Ange Casta (French director).
He previously attended the Lyon Conservatory of Music teacher's course Charles Montaland and learned the rules of harmony, but his formal musical education really began when he met Gabriel Yared in 1984, and learned the rules of music composition and counterpoint from Julien Falk.