Georges-Michel studied at Beaux Arts, a student of Othon Friesz and Dufy, and at l"École du Louvre.
An artistic councillor, he worked with the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev from 1913 to 1929. In 1917 he organised the first exhibition of Picasso in Rome. He was also the initiator of the first cinema festivals and was president of the Association of dance writers and critics as well as the vice-president of the French Artistic Press Union.
He should not be confused with his near-namesake, the painter Georges Michel (1763–1843), known as Michel de Montparnasse.