Freddy Buache's trajectory through the world of creation and the arts, consisting of poetry, painting, and especially theatre and cinema, began as an teenager. In 1948 he participated in the creation and the cultural activity of the "Faux Nez" (Fake Noses) theatre troupe. During this venture, he also engaged in freelance journalism and directed personal enterprises such as publishing a literary and artistic magazine. Closely affiliated with the initiators of the Lausanne "Cinema-Club", he acquired numerous contacts in the Parisian circle of the 7th art where several already prestigious personalities welcomed and advised him : Henri Langlois, Georges Franju, as well as various intellectuals involved in the surrealism movement or close to Jean-Paul Sartre. In 1950, he organized with the help of Eric von Stroheim the inauguration of the Swiss Cinemathèque (film archives) in Lausanne. His participation qualifies him as one of the ten founding members. From then on, his personal activity was closely linked to that of the Institution. Being the author of over twenty books which were added to the collections that he managed, proves his passionate interest in Swiss cinema and his fellow filmmakers. He also maintains priviliged relationships with important people in the international cinema milieu, and deep friendships with people susch as Michel Simon, Joseph Losey, and Luis Bunuel.