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Mathieu Kassovitz

Directing

Born August 3, 1967 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Biography

Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 August 1967) is a French director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for his Cannes-winning drama La Haine. Kassovitz is also the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company.

Awards & recognition

  • Lumière AwardBest Director · 1996
  • Lumière AwardBest Film · 1996
  • Young European Film of the Year · 1995
  • European Film Award - People's Choice AwardBest Director · 2001 · nominated
  • Jameson People's Choice AwardBest Actor · 2001 · nominated
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  • Young European Film of the Year · 1995 · nominated

Filmography39 titles

Apocalypse: The Second World War

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Bureau

2015as Guillaume Debailly

Apocalypse: D-Day

as Narrator (voice)

La haine

1995as Young Skin

Amélie

2001as Nino Quincampoix

Apocalypse: War of Worlds (1945-1991)

as Narrator (French) (voice)

Apocalypse: Never-Ending War (1918-1926)

as Narrator (voice)

War & Peace

2016as Napoleon Bonaparte

The Fifth Element

1997as Mugger

Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler

as Narrator (voice)

Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin

2021as Narrator (voice)

The Wolf's Call

2019as Alfost

Hunting Down the Nazis

2007as Narrator (voice)

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002as Banquet physiognomist

Apocalypse: Stalin

as Narrator (voice)

Furies

2024as Driss

The City of Lost Children

1995as Man on the Street (uncredited)

Munich

2005as Robert

Frères

2024as Patrice (adulte)

Amen.

2002as Riccardo Fontana

Street Flow

2019as Dominique

The Crimson Rivers

2000Director, Screenplay

Rebellion

2011as Philippe Legorjus

Jakob the Liar

1999as Herschel

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017as Hawker

Nobody from Nowhere

2014as Sébastien Nicolas / Henri de Montalte

Wild Life

2014as Philippe Fournier (Paco)

Assassin(s)

1997as Max

Happy End

2017as Thomas Laurent

Johnny Mad Dog

2008Producer

Gothika

2003Director

Métisse

1993as Felix

Birthday Girl

2001as Yuri

Visions

2023as Guillaume

My Man

1996as 1st client

Haywire

2011as Studer

Babylon A.D.

2008Director, Screenplay

Two Worlds

2007Producer

Lui

2021as Friend