Pierre Puget
Activity: writer; director; consultant
Nationality: French
Lives in: Berlin, Germany
Writing languages: English, French
Genres: Sci-Fi, period, comedy, drama
Agent:
Sylvain Cochard – Film Talents (Paris)
sylvain@filmtalents.com
Contact:
pierrepuget@gmail.com
+49 175 8228234
www.pierrepuget.com
Pierre Puget is a French writer and director based in Berlin.
After film school, Pierre worked for eight years as a broadcast TV and commercial director. With a growing desire to create fictions, Pierre moved to Berlin in 2015 to be a participant in the Serial Eyes programme for TV writing.
In 2017, Pierre wrote and shot the pilot for PING PONG, a short comedy format about Berlin.
In 2018, his WW2 horror TV series DIE STADT (co-written with Elena Lyubarskaya) received funding for development from the French CNC.
Pierre also works as a script consultant and teaches screenwriting.
He co-founded and still preside over SEAN, the Serial Eyes Alumni Network, organising many events all over Europe.
Pierre is currently developing TV and movie projects, in English or French: NOS FANTÔMES, a science-fiction drama series for 24-25 Films & Cinétévé (Paris); TSINGTAO!, a period drama for TV60 (Munich); MICROBES, a scientific thriller for Lincoln TV (Paris) and a few more crazy ideas.
Pierre loves entertaining stories that can explore the exciting secret parts of our world.
2021 / MICROBES / CREATOR & CREATIVE PRODUCER
Scientific period thriller. TV series. In development with Lincoln TV (Paris)
2020-2021 / TSINGTAO! / CREATOR
Period Western set in 1900 China. TV series. In development with TV60Filmproduktion (Munich)
2019-2021 / NOS FANTOMES / CREATOR
Political Sci-Fi TV series. In development with 24-25 Films (Paris)
2018 / DIE STADT / CO-WRITER
WW2 gothic horror TV series, written with E. Lyubarskaya.
May 2018: received COCOI development funding from the French CNC.
2017 / PING-PONG / CREATOR, WRITER & DIRECTOR
Short format comedy about Berlin. In English and German.
4 test episodes shot. Produced by Stick Up Films (Berlin).
2006 / HARRY WHITE AND THE CURSED MEDALLION /
WRITER & DIRECTOR
Adventure short movie (9 minutes) Produced by Mediadiffusion
(Belgium) Festivals: FIFI, Brussels / Cinérail, Paris / Busan, South Korea, …
2015-2016 / SERIAL EYES / DFFB / BERLIN
Serial Eyes is an international post-graduate program in English for
developing TV series and experiencing the writers’ room.
I am the president of SEAN, the Serial Eyes Alumni Network. We organise
networking events, shows, podcasts, and also offer writing services.
NOVEMBER 2009 / TV SERIES BIBLE WORKSHOP / PARIS
With Frederic Krivine.
2007-2009 / MEISNER ACTING METHOD WORKSHOPS / BXL
2002-2006 / IAD (INSTITUT DES ARTS DE DIFFUSION) / BELGIUM
Master Degree in directing for cinema, television and special effects.
Screenwriter
2020-2021 / SAME PLAYER / PARIS
Superhero YA TV series. Author of the bible.
OCTOBER+NOVEMBER 2020 / STICKUP FILMS / BERLIN
Writer in a writers room for a drama/action TV series.
OCTOBER 2020 / FEDERATION ENTERTAINMENT / PARIS
Writer in a brainstorming writers room for a drama/action TV series.
2019-2020 / CHABRAQUE / PARIS
Writer for a drama TV series bible.
2018-2019 / TV60FILMPRODUKTION / MUNICH
Writer for a treatment of an adventure-comedy feature film.
Nov. 2018: Pitch in Beijing for the coprod. summit “Bridging the Dragon”.
NOVEMBER 2018 / ARGOT FILMS / BRUSSELS
Writing a new treatment from an unproduced screenplay by Von Stroheim.
Script consultant
JANUARY + OCTOBER 2020 / TOBIS FILM / BERLIN
Script consultant on a TV series.
JUNE 2018 / CLIMAX FILMS / BRUSSELS
Script consultant on a feature film.
NOVEMBER 2017 / LES GENS / BRUSSELS
Script consultant for a crime TV series.
Director
FEBRUARY 2018 / STICKUP FILMS / BERLIN
Writing and directing a commercial for an IA company, Micropsi Industries.
SEPTEMBER 2017 / STICKUP FILMS / BERLIN
Writing and directing a Kickstarter video for the Start-up Mitte.
2006 – 2015 / RTBF (BELGIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION)
Producing (writing, directing, editing) opening titles for new TV shows. Directing hundreds of pieces for entertainment and factual shows. Directing live multi-cam sports shows.
2008 – 2015 / CLAIR-OBSCUR PRODUCTIONS / BRUSSELS
Directing and editing corporate movies for the European Commission. Writing and directing an interactive online video for The Voice.
Translator
2019-2022 / DARKS WAYS / BERLIN
Translator and consultant on set and in post-production for the French dialogues of the Netlifx series 1899.
Teacher
2020-2022 / UNIVERSITE COTE D’AZUR / CANNES
Visiting lecturer, initiation to TV series writing.
2020-2022 / SEQUENCES7 / PARIS
Teacher for a TV series writing workshop.
JUNE 2018 /DFFB / BERLIN
Guest lecturer at the Berlin Film School, mentoring screenwriting students.
Speaker
SEPTEMBER 2021 / SERIES MANIA / LILLE
Host of several panels for the festival.
JULY 2019 / FORUM ENTOURAGES / STRASBOURG
Speaker. “How to write an international TV series”.
APRIL 2019 / MIPTV – CANNESERIES / CANNES
Speaker. In charge of the pitch training workshop “Believe in your Idea”.