Having studied economics then filmmaking, Olivier Peyton made four short films selected for many festivals, including: “Jingle Bells”, in the competition at the 54th Mostra of Venice, “Claquage apres etirements” (Strains after stretches) in Clermont-Ferrand, and “A Tes Amours” (To your loves), which was among the prize-winners in New York. At the same time he translated for subtitles and dubbing of over 150 movies, including those of the Coen brothers (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O'Brother, Intolerable Cruelty), and of Ken Loach, Stephen Frears, Danny Boyle, Jane Campion and others.

In 2007 his first full-length movie came out, “Les petites vacances” (The little vacations) with Bernadette Lafont and Claude Brasseur. He made two documentaries for France 5 for the “Empreintes” series, about Élisabeth Badinter and Michel Onfray, and then in 2013 for the cinema “Comment j’ai deteste les maths” (How I hated math), nominated for a Caesar as best documentary. A third full-length movies shot in Uruguay, “Une vie ailleurs” (A life elsewhere), with Isabelle Carré and Ramzy Bédia, came out in March 2017.