Born in New York City in 1957, Tom Bessoir attended The Bronx High School of Science and studied electrical engineering and mathematics at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. While at The Cooper Union, he studied filmmaking with Robert Breer, Joshua Pines, and Sandy Moore. Tom Bessoir’s experimental films often use mathematics to explore perception and the structure of film. In the arts, Tom Bessoir is best known for Microfilm (1979), Digits of Pi (2019), and his photography documenting downtown NYC.
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2020 (2021) Director |
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4913 Colors (2020) Director |
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Digits of Pi (2019) Director |
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Pescaria (2019) Director |
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Morse (2018) Director |
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Prime Perfect Squared (2018) Director |
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A Reverse Fib (2016) Director |
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Linear 1 (1982) Director |
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Intercut (1980) Director |
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Microfilm (1979) Director |
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Prime Perfect (for Tony Conrad) () Director |