From 1930, assistant draftsman at Pathe-Natan. Worked as sketch artist and builder on the sets of
Jean Vigo's
L'Atalante (1934). Full art director from 1944. After the war, began a long association with the films of director
Claude Autant-Lara. Internationally known for constructing the sets for the James Bond movies
Thunderball (1965) and
Moonraker (1979) from the drawings of
Ken Adam.