DeMille's silent film The Ten Commandments (1923).
Among the films he directed was the French-language version of Paramount on Parade (1930), and Magie moderne (1931), a French film about television released as Televisione in Italy, along with five other versions in five different languages.
This latter film was produced at the Joinville Studios of Paramount Pictures at Joinville-le-Pont in Paris.
During the Second World War he was interned by the German occupiers but was released due to the influence of his friend, the actress Michèle Alfa.
In 1943 he wrote the book Le Film de Mes Souvenirs (Secrets de Vedettes).