Tom Bessoir
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Known For Director
Tom Bessoir
Biography
Born in New York City in 1957, Tom Bessoir attended The Bronx High School of Science and studied electrical engineering and mathematics at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. While at The Cooper Union, he studied filmmaking with Robert Breer, Joshua Pines, and Sandy Moore. Tom Bessoir’s experimental films often use mathematics to explore perception and the structure of film. In the arts, Tom Bessoir is best known for Microfilm (1979), Digits of Pi (2019), and his photography documenting downtown NYC.
Known For
Director
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Prime Perfect (for Tony Conrad)
as Director
2021
2020
as Director
2020
4913 Colors
as Director
2019
Digits of Pi
as Director
2019
Pescaria
as Director
2018
Prime Perfect Squared
as Director
2018
Morse
as Director
2016
A Reverse Fib
as Director
1982
Linear 1
as Director
1980
Intercut
as Director
1979
Microfilm
as Director