Person
Tom Bessoir
Directing
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
2020
Director
Prime Perfect Squared
Director
Microfilm
Director
4913 Colors
Director
Pescaria
Director
Linear 1
Director
Prime Perfect (for Tony Conrad)
Director
Digits of Pi
Director
Three Pride Flags
Director
Morse
Director
Filmography
- 2022Three Pride FlagsDirector
- 20212020Director
- 20204913 ColorsDirector
- 2019Digits of PiDirector
- 2019PescariaDirector
- 2018Prime Perfect SquaredDirector
- 2018MorseDirector
- 2016A Reverse FibDirector
- 1982Linear 1Director
- 1980IntercutDirector
- 1979MicrofilmDirector
- —Prime Perfect (for Tony Conrad)Director
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