Dylan Besseau

Dylan Besseau (born September 15, 1997) is a French filmmaker and producer born in Vietnam[1].

Dylan Besseau
Born
Dylan Besseau

(1997-09-15) September 15, 1997 (age 26)
NationalityFrench
EducationInstitution Saint-Gabriel/Saint-Michel
Occupationfilm director, film producer
Years active2019–present
Notable work
La légende de Thierry Mauvignier, Anne Bouillon : Justice pour toutes, The Venus Chained

Education

He followed his schooling at the private Catholic institution Saint-Gabriel/Saint-Michel in the commune of Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre. He obtained his general baccalaureate ES at the private high school of Brittany in 2014[2]. Then, he began a university course at the faculty of law in Nantes in 2015[2], but abandoned his studies to reorient himself to study cinema in art school, after being struck by seeing the film The Handmaiden[3][2].

Career

In 2018, he worked at McDonald's for 2 years to finance his art school[2]. The same year, he followed audiovisual internships in various associations, where he carried out some projects in co-production with France 3 Pays de la Loire[4].
In 2019, he began his career with director Jean-Yves Bilien[5] and participated in the production of the short film Rage Road by Cédric Cremet. He then directed his first short film Happiness. (short film) performed by Léa Lee.
In 2021, he produced the film Yearning Rose distributed by Prime Video. A few months later, he directed the feature-length documentary La légende de Thierry Mauvignier about the director Thierry Mauvignier, also distributed on Prime Video[6][7].
In 2022, he created the Wooksart Foundation[2], a charitable audiovisual association bringing together around thirty members which will produce a short documentary film on Rotary International. He then directed the short film Castle's Light in the Château des Jamonières and The Sozo Girl.
In 2023, he produced the documentary The Venus Chained which won the honorable mention at the Student World Impact Film Festival[8][9] then, he directed the documentary Anne Bouillon: Justice pour toutes with the french lawyer Anne Bouillon[10] whose musical soundtrack will be composed by Keziah Chamsidini, the son of M'Toro Chamou[11]. He will film a scene at the Panthéon (Paris) with the essayist Laurent Kupferman[12][13][14]. This film will be selected at the Justice Documentary Festival[15], he's the youngest producer in the selection of the first new edition[16][17].

Director

Short films

  • 2019 : Happiness.
  • 2019 : Dreamhour - Better Friends
  • 2022 : The Sozo Girl
  • 2023 : Castle's Light

Medium-lenght films

Feature films

Producer

Distinctions

As director

As producer

Notes and references

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Other websites

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