Pierre Yves Clouin has been working exclusively with cinema since 1995. He was born and lives in Paris. He studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and later exhibited his paintings and photographs.

His work has been honored with awards and distinctions such as the Silver Spire Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Hors les murs residency at the Institut français Film, video/Cinema.

His films have been shown in prestigious theaters and selected at festivals around the world, such as: the San Francisco, Chicago, Thessaloniki, Cork, Split, Moscow, Los Angeles International Film Festivals; the Geneva Biennial of Moving Images; VídeoBrasil; One Shot Film Festival, Yerevan; Videonal; Eurovideo Liège; Dammam International Video Art Forum; emaf; Ars Electronica; Sundance; FID and RISC Marseille; FIFCA Angoulême and Les Inattendus Lyon; Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg; Beijing International Short Film Festival; BFI and Lux London; Modern Art Oxford; Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh; Art House Dublin; Vi Gallery Ottawa; Yerba Buena Arts Center; Cinematheque San Francisco; Crossroads San Francisco; Anthology Film Archives (MIX NYC); Paula Cooper Gallery (New Art Program); Apexart New York City; Museum of American Art Philadelphia; Ben Maltz Gallery/Otis College of Art and Design and MOCA (LA Freewaves) Los Angeles; Esto É Para Esto Monterrey; Cineteca Nacional Mexico; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo Mexico City; Hong Kong Space Museum (International Festival of Microwave Media Arts); Museum Africa Johannesburg; Guggenheim Bilbao (Zinebi); Pro Arte Institute St. Petersburg; M KHA Antwerp; Centre Pompidou (Rencontres Paris Berlin); Le Parvis; Les Abattoirs Museum - Frac Occitanie; Villa Arson (Un festival c'est trop court!) and others.