His academic work focuses on the correlation between trauma and fiction, as well as trauma and creation. This dimension is embodied in both his cinematic work and his academic writing. He is the author of numerous scholarly and cinematic works, including the award-winning documentary film On the Bridge (2010), the graphic novel Walking Wounded (drawings by Maël), and two other books: Visages de la Grande Guerre and Berlin légendes ou la mémoire des décombres (2014).