After graduating from studies in economics, Hervé de Luze met Henri Langlois and began working at the Cinémathèque Française. A music advisor, music editor for television documentaries, then sound editor on several feature films, De Luze went on to work as picture editor on numerous short films. He also directed a short fiction film and some advertising films for the cinema. As an editor, De Luze has worked on more than 80 films with directors including Claude Berri, Roman Polanski, Agnieszka Holland, Alain Resnais, Arnaud Desplechin, André Téchiné, Bruno Podalydès, etc.