Pascal Vasselin

Pascal Vasselin (born May 7, 1967) is a French film director,screenwriter and journalist.
== Career ==
Vasselin has directed awarded documentaries which have been broadcast by French and foreign television stations and platforms. He graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and the Centre de Formation des Journalistes. Initially a reporter and a cameraman, covering current affairs and conflicts, he turned to feature-length films and screenwriting.
Among his authored or co-authored films are : Manufacturing Ignorance (an investigation into the voluntary or involuntary impediments to scientific progress); Battlefield Washington (a chronicle of Donald Trump's confrontation with American institutions) ; Brasil, a Long Way to the Future (the recent history of Brasil as seen through the story of two families) ; The Suspended Dream (a biopic of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan); L'aventure Hermione (the human adventure that led to the rebuilding and journey of an 18th century frigate); High Crimes in Shanghai (shot inside a Chinese prison ) ; IMF, a Power (shot at the heart of the negotiations between the IMF and its member countries, notably Russia); Greedy in Thailand (the film dismantles the human and financial workings of speculation); Alya (the story of a family that leaves Picardie for Israel); Pigalle (a chronicle shot in the Parisian neighbourhood); Torturer (the film features the voices of former torturers).
== Filmography (excerpt) ==
1993 : Politics: What to Tell our Children?
1995 : Half the Road
1995 : Énarque for Life
1996 : Carribean Rhythms
1997 : A Doc's Life
1998 : Good morning Israel
1999 : Torturer
1999 : IMF, a Power
1999 : IMF-Russia: the Bid
2001 : The Strange Fate of Colonel Jing Xing
2002 : Greedy in Thailand
2003 : Alya
2004 : High Crimes in Shanghai
2005 : Saddam Hussein, America's Best Enemy
2007 : Pigalle
2008 : The Desert's Voices
2009 : On a Mild, Raw Land
2010 : The Suspended Dream
2010 : An African Dawn
2010 : Manu Dibango
2013 : Waiting for Hell
2014 : Brasil, a Long Way to the Future
2015 : L'aventure Hermione
2018 : Battlefield Washington
2021 : Manufacturing Ignorance
=== Awards ===
1991 : BEST JUNIOR REPORTER AWARD, Festival du Scoop et du Journalisme
1994 : BEST DOCUMENTARY, Festival of French-German Journalism
1995 : AWARD FOR BEST REPORTING at La Nuit Des Yeux d’Or
1996 : BEST EDITING AWARD, Festival Du Grand Reportage d’Actualité -FIGRA
1999 : DOCUMENTARY AWARD Olivier Kemener-RSF -FIGRA
1999 : LAURIERS D'OR DU SENAT
1999 : JURY SPECIAL AWARD -FIGRA
2000 : FIRST PRIZE at Monte-Carlo Festival
2000 : BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD Tezenas du Moncel
2002 : JURY SPECIAL AWARD -FIGRA
2004 : BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD -Festival du scoop et du journalisme
2006 : DOCUMENTARY AWARD, Étoile de la Scam
2008 : BEST DOCUMENTARY, festival Golden Toura
2013 : SPECIAL AWARD FOR 3D PROJECTS, festival Dimension 3 (films in 3D)
2021 : BEST FILM in three categories of the International Science Film Festival Pariscience - 2021
(Grand Prix, High school Jury, Students Jury)
2021 : Discovery Award, Goethe Institut Science Film Festival
Category:French people
Category:French journalists
Category:1967 births