Pansard-Besson, Robert

(1950, Paris, France - )

   After completing his secondary studies and receiv­ing his high school diploma, he entered the INSAS, the Brussels film school. A film editor at the ORTF (French TV) and then a production manager at the ORTF service research, he became a first assistant director (1976 Des Journées entières dans les Arbres / UK: Entire Days Among the Trees, Marguerite Duras; 1977 Baxter, Véra Baxter, Marguerite Duras) and co-executive producer (1984 Les Enfants, Marguerite Duras). He also authored an opera libretto (Gambara, music by Antoine Duhamel).

 Filmography

1970 ◘ A . . . (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La vera Istoria (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Histoire fabuleuse (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Un Jour peut-être . . . (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Conseiller Crespel (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Leçon de Chant (short)

1982 ◘ Le Rose et le Blanc (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1978)

        ◘ Le Vaisseau du Gardon (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Bernard Baudel (documentary; short)

 Television Filmography

1991 ◘ Tours du Monde, Tours du Ciel (10 X 52': epi­sodes "Le Commencement", "Autour de l'An Zéro", "De L'Autre Côté du Monde", "Tour de la terre", "Tour du Ciel", "Rome-Venise-Pékin-Paris", "Est-Ouest", "Le Messager astral: La Lumière", "Le Visible et ce qui ne l'est pas", "Vers les Miroirs géants", "Les Lumières et d'autres Messagers"; shot in 1986-1990)

        ◘ Michel Serres / Sorbonne (documentary)

        ◘ La Légende des Sciences (12 X 52': episo­des "Prévoir", "Découvrir", "Guérir", "Vivre", "Devenir", "Lire", "Brûler", "Ouvrir", "Mêler", "Métisser", "Emerger", "Naître"; shot in 1991-1997)

        ◘ Hassan Fathi (documentary)

        ◘ L'Algérie des Orientalistes (documentary)

        ◘ Pharaon (documentary)

        ◘ Terres d'Islam (documentary)