Jean-Robert Viallet has worked as director of photography with film directors Patrick Barberis, Eric Deroo, David Rosanis, Malek Bensmail, Michael Winterbottom, and Lars Von Trier. Since 2005 he has written and directed documentaries for France Télévisions, Canal+, Arte, such as Les Enfants perdus de Tranquility Bay (2006), and together with Mathieu Verboud, La Mise à mort du travail (2010), Étudiants, l'avenir à crédit (2016).