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Marin Karmitz

Date of birth: 1938-10-07

Place of birth: Bucharest, Romania

Known for: Production

Also known as:

Marin Karmitz

Biography

Marin Karmitz (born 7 October 1938) is a Romanian-French businessman whose career has spanned the French film industry, including director, producer, film distributor, and operator of a chain of cinemas. He comes from an assimilated Jewish-Romanian family and emigrated to France in 1948. Karmitz attended film school at IDHEC (renamed La Fémis) and worked as a director of photography after graduating. Karmitz founded MK2, a production company and movie theater chain, which has specialized in creating, distributing, and screening independent or "auteurist" cinema, including short films. In 2005, he turned over leadership of the MK2 company and its theaters to his son, Nathanaël. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marin Karmitz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Talking Heads 2021
0.5

Talking Heads 2021

2021-09-23

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talki

Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
0

Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis

2012-05-21

Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney
0

Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney

2016-01-31

In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other e

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
3.8

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

2016-05-12

An inquiry into two of the most influencial French filmakers friendship and feud.

D’où vient cet air lointain? Chronique d’une vie en cinéma
0

D’où vient cet air lointain? Chronique d’une vie en cinéma

2018-10-20

In the evening of her life, Yannick Bellon reflects on her past. She evokes her career as a film dir

Blow for Blow
3.5

Blow for Blow

1972-06-01

The film describes a strike in a French textile factory, when the striking workers occupy the factor

Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
4.3

Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

2005-02-27

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker'

Filming Haneke
0

Filming Haneke

2000-11-16

A making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Michael Haneke, actor Juliette Binoche, a

Claude Chabrol's Eye
3

Claude Chabrol's Eye

2018-04-27

Marin Karmitz, bande à part
3

Marin Karmitz, bande à part

2014-04-11

Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes
3.5

Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes

2005-01-12

More than 40 years after making "Cléo de 5 à 7," Agnes Varda invites her star, two other cast member

D’Agata limite(s)
0

D’Agata limite(s)

2019-03-27

Franck Landron follows photographer Antoine d'Agata wherever he goes, to the edges of the world, in

Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
3.1

Claude Chabrol, the Maverick

2019-01-25

An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite Buddha, a