Karmitz, Marin

(October 7, 1938, Bucharest, Romania-)

   After his studies at the IDHEC (1957-1959), he be­came an assistant director (1960 Le Dialogue des Car­mélites / I dialoghi delle Carmelitane / UK: The Carmelites, Philippe Agostini, R. P. Bruckberger, France / Italy; Les Honneurs de la Guerre, Jean Dewever; Merci Natercia!, Pierre Kast; 1961 Cléo de 5 à 7 / Cleo dalle 5 alle 7 / USA: Cleo from 5 to 7, Agnès Varda, France / Italy); 1962 Les Sept Péchés capitaux / I sette peccati capitali / UK: The Seven Capital Sins / USA: The Seven Deadly Sins, segment "La Paresse" / "Laziness", Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy; 1964 Aurélia, short, Anne Dastrée) and production administrator (1962 Adieu Philippine / Desideri nel sole, Jacques Rozier, France / Italy). He filmed several shorts before directing three politically involved movies after May 1968. In the early 1970s, he created his production company, MK2, which financed about sixty "author" films, including Sauve qui peut (la Vie) / Rette sich, wer kann (das Leben) / UK: Slow Motion / USA: Every Man for Himself (Jean-Luc Godard, France / Austria / West Germany / Switzerland, 1980), Poulet au Vinaigre / UK and USA: Cop au Vin (Claude Chabrol, 1985), Inspecteur Lavardin (Claude Chabrol, 1986), Mélo (Alain Resnais, 1986), Masques (Claude Chabrol, 1987), Good Morning, Babylon / Good Morning Babilonia (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, USA / Italy / France, 1987), Une Affaire de Femmes / USA: Story of Women (Claude Chabrol, 1988), I Want to Go Home / Je veux rentrer à la Maison (Alain Resnais, 1989), Madame Bovary (Claude Chabrol, 1991), Betty (Claude Chabrol, 1992), Trois Couleurs: Bleu / Bleu / Trzy Kolory: Niebieski / UK: Three Colours: Blue / USA: Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kies-lowski, France / Poland / Switzerland / UK, 1993), Trois Couleurs: Blanc / Trzy Kolory: Bialy / UK: Three Colours: White / USA: Three Colors:White (Krzysztof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland, 1994), Trois Couleurs: Rouge / Tre Kolory: Czerwony / UK: Three Colours: Red / USA: Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland, 1994), and La Cérémonie / Biester / Blutiger Engel / UK and USA: A Judgment in Stone (Claude Chabrol, France / West Germany, 1995). He is also a movie theater owner and a film distributor.

   Book: 1994 Bande à Part (Grasset).

 Filmography

1964 ◘ Nuit noire, Calcutta (short)

        ◘ Les Idoles (documentary; short; co-director with Paule Sengissen)

1966 ◘ Comédie (short; co-director with Jean Ravel, Jean-Marie Serreau)

        ◘ Adolescence (documentary; short)

        ◘ Sept Jours ailleurs (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Camarades / US festival: Comrades (also co-screenwriter, producer)

1972 ◘ Coup pour Coup / US festival: Blow for Blow (France / West Germany)