Dylan Besseau (born September 15, 1997) is a French filmmaker
and producer, who was born in Vietnam.
[on '' Korea.net'']
Education
He was educated at the private Catholic institution Saint-Gabriel/Saint-Michel in the commune of
Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre. He obtained his general baccalaureate ES at a private high school of
Brittany
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in 2014.
[on ''BNN''] Then, he began a university course at the faculty of law in
Nantes
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in 2015,
[ but later decided to change direction and pursue cinema after discovering the film ]The Handmaiden
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[ and developed an interest in minimalist film.
]
Career
In 2018, he studied at an art school. The same year, he completed audiovisual
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Audiovisual service provide ...
internships in various associations, where he carried out some projects in co-production with France 3
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France 3 is structured as a Region ...
Pays de la Loire
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.
In 2019, he worked alongside director Jean-Yves Bilien Jean-Yves is a French masculine given name. Notable persons with that name include:
* Jean-Yves André (born 1977), Mauritian footballer
* Jean-Yves Anis (born 1980), French footballer
* Yves Jean-Bart (born 1947), Haitian football executive
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at the start of his career. He directed the short film ''The Sozo Girl'' and ''Happiness''[ based on the song ''Like a Blooming Season'' in collaboration with Shin Hae Gyeong.]
In 2021, he created the audiovisual agency Artwooks Media[ and directed the feature-length documentary ''La légende de Thierry Mauvignier''][ about the director ]Thierry Mauvignier
Thierry Mauvignier, born in Tours in 1965, is a French Movie director, director and documentary filmmaker. He is the brother of writer Laurent Mauvignier. He began his career as a projectionist for Futuroscope and made a few short films for France ...
.
The film was noted for its reflection of an internal conflict between commissioned objectives and personal artistic expression :
In 2022, he founded the Wooksart Foundation,[ a charitable audiovisual association.]
In 2023, he produced the documentary '' The Venus Chained'' which won the honorable mention
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An award may be d ...
at the SWIFF 2023.[ with the French lawyer Anne Bouillon This film will be selected at the Justice Documentary Festival.]
In 2024, he directed the film '' Gevart'' "a film delicately representing a tutelary figure of a doctor" according to ''Bande à part'' and produced the documentary '' Makiko'' on Makiko Furuichi. According to a 2025 interview published in The Movie Buff, the film was directed with Antoine Godet and produced on a budget of $40,000.
Filmography
Distinctions
* 2022 : Official Selection at The Paus Premiers Festival
* 2023 : Official Selection at Justice Documentary Festival Paris
The ''Justice Documentary Festival Paris'', among the longest-standing French judicial festivals, unites a collection of documentaries focused on the theme of Justice and presents both a Jury Grand Prize and a Public Grand Prize.
History
The Docum ...
Festival Programmation
on ''avocatparis.org''
*2023 : Honorable Mention at Student World Impact Film Festival[
]
References
External links
*
* on SensCritique
* on Allociné
AlloCiné is an entertainment website founded by Jean-David Blanc in 1988, then joined by Patrick Holzman. It has belonged to the company since 2013 Webedia. which specializes in providing information on French cinema, mostly centering on nove ...
* on film-documentaire.fr
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1997 births
Living people
French filmmakers
21st-century French screenwriters
French-language film directors
French music video directors
People from Brittany
People from Vendée
Nantes University alumni
Vietnamese emigrants to France