A graduate from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière – The National Film, Photography & Sound Engineering School in Paris, Ferrière has worked as a cinematographer and photographer for more than 20 years. A prolific traveler, he has worked on feature films and documentaries all over the world including long periods of time in Mongolia and Siberia and a summer in Yemen teaching documentary techniques to journalists covering environmental issues. Ferrière collaborated with friend and filmmaker Partho Sen-Gupt