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.[4] Then, he began a university course at the faculty of law in Nantes in 2015,[4] but abandoned his studies to reorient himself to study cinema in art school, after being struck by seeing the film The Handmaiden.[2]
Career
Dylan Besseau (right) at the 2024 exhibition of photographer Patrick Garçon at Cours Cambronne
In 2018, he studies in art school. The same year, he followed audiovisual internships in various associations, where he carried out some projects in co-production with France 3Pays de la Loire.[2]
In 2019, he began his career with director Jean-Yves Bilien.[5] He directs the short film The Sozo Girl and Happiness[2] based on the song Like a Blooming Season in collaboration with Shin Hae Gyeong.[6]
In 2021, he created the audiovisual agency Artwooks Media[2] and directed the feature-length documentary La légende de Thierry Mauvignier[1] about the director Thierry Mauvignier, distributed on Prime Video.[7][8]
Through this film, he is portrayed as a filmmaker who :
Seems to share with us, nonetheless, a question that he appears to carry finding his more personal voice through a prescribed exercise, one in which he doesn't seem entirely comfortable or in agreement. The result, in any case, reflects this internal conflict, as the film grapples with two conflicting aspirations: the commissioned, marketing-driven objective and the desire of a young filmmaker attempting to bring forth his unique perspective.
The cinematographic influence of Dylan Besseau could be characterized by directors such as Kwak Jae-yong, Park Chan-wook, Wong Kar-wai, Martin Scorsese, and Chantal Akerman. In terms of form, particularly in the photography of his films, there is an attempt to highlight the entirety and composition of the shots, something inherited from Asian cinema.
In 2022, he created the Wooksart Foundation,[1] a charitable audiovisual association bringing together around thirty members that will produce a short documentary film on Rotary International.
In 2023, he produced the documentary The Venus Chained which won the honorable mention at the SWIFF 2023.[11] Then, he directed the documentary Anne Bouillon : Justice for women[1] with the French lawyer Anne Bouillon[12] whose musical soundtrack composed by Keziah Chamsidini, the son of M'Toro Chamou [fr].[citation needed] This film will be selected at the Justice Documentary Festival,.[13] he's the youngest director in the selection of the first new edition.[14]
In 2024, he directed the film Gevart[15] "a film delicately representing a tutelary figure of a doctor" according to Bande à part.[16] He began directing the film Blast Punch[10] and produced the documentary Makiko on Makiko Furuichi.[17]
