Baissat, Bernard

(March 5, 1943, Nabeul, Tunisia-)

   He was only fifteen years old when he began writing articles for an Italian review. Having graduated with a bachelor's degree and a diploma in superior studies of Italian and modern letters from Aix-en-Provence University, he taught Italian first before giving up teaching in 1966 to enroll at ORTF (French TV at the time) as a journalist, then as an assistant director and finally as a director. He shot many industrial films and produced and filmed documentaries.

 Filmography

1978 ◘ Ecoutez Claudot (documentary; short)

        ◘ Ecoutez Jeanne Humbert (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Bourse du Travail de Paris (16-mm documentary)

1984 ◘ Ecoutez Bizeau (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter, producer; shot in 1981)

        ◘ Ecoutez May Picqueray (documentary; short; also producer)

        ◘ Ecoutez Marcel Body (video documentary; me­dium-length)

1987 ◘ Aux Quatre Coins-Coins du Canard (documentary; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Mouna (video documentary)

        ◘ Robert Jospin (video documentary)

        ◘ René Dumont (video documentary)

        ◘ André Bosiger (video documentary)

        ◘ Visages du Mouvement ouvrier (video documentary; three shorts: "Jean Maitron", "Vis­ages", "Archives")

        ◘ Moisan (video documentary)

        ◘ Exposition du Mouvement ouvrier (video documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Gens de Métier (video documentary; short)

        ◘ Marinière, la Vie d'à Bord (video documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Harley, mon Amour (video documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Ecoutez Serge Utgé-Royo (video documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Mireille Jospin-Dandieu (video documentary)

2001 ◘ Robert Bothereau (video documentary; short)

2003 ◘ Companero Jorge Mac-Ginty (video documentary)

        ◘ Jean-Baptiste André Godin (video documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ La Grande Tournée Outremer du Général de Gaulle (2 X 52' video documentary)