hiː ɐpˈɪɹd ɪn fˈɪlmz ʌv nuːvˈɛl vˈeɪɡ dᵻɹˈɛktɚz sˈʌtʃ ɐz klˈɔːd tʃˈæbɹɑːl lə bˈoʊ sˈɜːdʒ, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt; lˈɛs kˈʌzənz, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn, lˈuːi mˈæl ɐsənsˈʊɹ pˈoːɹ ˈɛlˌeɪtʃɐfˈɔːd, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt; lˈɛs ˈæmənts, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt, fɹˈænswɑː tɹˈʌfaʊt lˈɛs fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd kˈuːps, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn, dʒˈiːnlˈuːk ɡˈɑːdɚd, jˈuːn fˈɛm ˌiːˌɛstˈiː jˈuːn fˈɛm, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti wˈʌn, ɪɹˈɪk ɹˈoʊmɚ klˈɛɹz nˈiː, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti, æz wˈɛl æz ɪn fˈɪlmz ʌv ˈʌðɚ fˈɪlmeɪkɚz sˈʌtʃ ɐz dʒˈiːn ɹᵻnwˈɑːɹ ᵻlˈiːnə ˈɛt lˈɛs hˈɑːmz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt, ɹˈɑːdʒɚ vˈædɪm lˌæ ɹˈɑːnd, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ, fᵻlˈiːp də bɹˈoʊkə lə ɹˈɔɪ də kˈɜː, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks, lˈuːɪs bjˈuːnjjuːl lə fˈæntoʊm də lˌæ lˌɪbɚtˈeɪ, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ, ænd klˈɔːd lˈɛlaʊtʃ ɹˈɑːbɚt ˈɛt ɹˈɑːbɚt, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt.
He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les 400 Coups, 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (Une femme est une femme, 1961), Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970), as well as in films of other filmmakers such as Jean Renoir (Elena et les hommes 1958), Roger Vadim (La ronde, 1964), Philippe de Broca (Le Roi de cœur, 1966), Luis Buñuel (Le Fantôme de la liberté, 1974), and Claude Lelouch (Robert et Robert, 1978).