Pierre Beccu

Born 1963-09-27 · Chambéry, Savoie, France

Pierre Beccu is a French film director, born on September 27, 1963, in Chambéry. After earning a Baccalaureate in Science (Bac D) in Chambéry, he arrived in Paris in 1981 to study film at Paris 3 University – Sorbonne Nouvelle. In 1983, he continued his studies in Italy, where he joined the "BASSANO Group – Ipotesi Cinema," founded and directed by Ermanno Olmi, the director of The Tree of Wooden Clogs. From 1984, he directed documentaries for television before moving into feature films in 1992 with The Last Season, followed by A Trip Among Friends. Since then, Pierre Beccu has primarily focused on documentaries for television and film. Since 1997, alongside his work as a writer-director, Pierre Beccu has been leading film projects with younger generations, fostering a new artistic and civic engagement. In the method now championed by the association "6labs - les enfants médiateurs" (6labs - Children as Mediators), everything begins with a strong perception of nature and the surrounding environment, leading to storytelling through cinematic language and digital tools. Empowered by their creative potential, children and young people become authors and actors in shaping the present world and the future they are building, and consequently, influential figures and mediators for the adults around them.