Beccu, Pierre

(September 27, 1963, Chambéry, Savoie, France - )

   In 1981, he moved to Paris to study cinema at the University of Paris III (Censier). Two years later, he spent a year in Italy joining the Bassano Group run by Ermanno Olmi. From 1984 to 1988, he shot documentary reports for such TV progams as Carnets de l'Aventure, Ushuaïa, Reporters, and Montagne.

 Filmography

1985 ◘ Rencontre avec le Cinéma italien (documentary; short)

        ◘ Bûcherons (documentary; short)

1987 ◘ Facteur commun (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Tour à Tour (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1989 ◘ Gambit (video short)

1991 ◘ La Dernière Saison (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

2001 ◘ Un Voyage entre Amis (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Canada)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Cinéma italien 84 (documentary)

        ◘ Carnets de l'Aventure (documentary; episode "Le troisième Oeil")

        ◘ L'Argenterie des Bauges (documentary; short)

        ◘ Causeries d'Italie (documentary; short)

        ◘ Ushuaïa (documentary; short; episode "An­drea")

1989 ◘ Chasseurs de Vampires (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Montagne au Tournant (documentary; short)

        ◘ Ushuaïa (documentary; shorts; episodes "Les voladores", "Les papillons du Michoacan")

        ◘ Profession: Restaurateur (documentary; short)

        ◘ Bernard des Vosges (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Créal (documentary; short)

        ◘ Retour au Pays (documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Ami des Chamulas (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Montagnes du Cinéma (2 X 26' documentary)

1994 ◘ En Amont la Zizique (documentary; short)

        ◘ Portrait d'un Homme devenu ordinaire (documentary; short)

        ◘ Cent Coups à Bussang (documentary; short)

        ◘ Mayotte (documentary; short)

        ◘ Alambics ou Le Dernier Défi de la Marrane (documentary)

        ◘ La Vallée de l'Aluminium (documentary short)

1997 ◘ Mon Lycée c'est le Pérou (documentary)

2003 ◘ Mémoires des Alpes (1900-1970) (2 X 52' documentary)