Stellio Lorenzi was born in
Paris to an Italian father from
Sanremo. He spent his childhood and adolescence in
Cannes then moved to the
capital. After three years of graduate studies in
mathematics, he turned to
architectural. The entrance exam to the
École Polytechnique was forbidden to him, because the laws of the
Vichy regime refused access to the sons of foreigners. In 1944, he was assistant director to
Jacques Becker on
Paris Frills. He continued this career until 1951 with directors such as
Jacques de Baroncelli,
Marc Maurette,
Louis Daquinor and
Gilles Grangier. ==References==