Marin Karmitz
October 7, 1938 (86 years old) in Bucharest, Romania
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.
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- 2021 · Talking Heads 2021 as Self
- 2019 · D’Agata limite(s) as Self
- 2019 · Claude Chabrol, the Maverick as Self - Film Producer
- 2018 · D’où vient cet air lointain? Chronique d’une vie en cinéma as Self
- 2018 · Claude Chabrol's Eye as Self
- 2016 · Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture as Self
- 2016 · Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney as Self
- 2014 · Marin Karmitz, bande à part as Himself
- 2012 · Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis as Self
- 2005 · Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski as Self
- 2005 · Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes as Self
- 2000 · Filming Haneke as Interviewee
- 1972 · Blow for Blow as