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.
Awards & recognition
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- European Film Award — Best Film · 1994 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 1967 · nominated
Filmography38 titles
Three Colors: Red
Cleo from 5 to 7
Three Colors: Blue
Three Colors: White
The Clay Bird
Ten
The Piano Teacher
La cérémonie
Story of Women
The Wind Will Carry Us
Certified Copy
Like Someone in Love
Deep Crimson
Hell
Chocolat
Tale of Cinema
Masks
Mélo
Code Unknown
24 Frames
Black Venus
The Swindle
Betty
Summer Hours
The Apple
The Silence
Nightcap
Madame Bovary
Inspector Lavardin
Every Man for Himself
Rumba
The Flower of Evil
Cop Au Vin
Something in the Air
The Color of Lies
The Fish Child
On the Road
ABC Africa