Marin Karmitz

Born: 1938-10-07

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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Talking Heads 2021

as Self
Released: 2021-09-23

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

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Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes

as Self
Released: 2005-01-12

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

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

as Self
Released: 2018-10-20

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

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Claude Chabrol, the Maverick

as Self - Film Producer
Released: 2019-01-25

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

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Claude Chabrol's Eye

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Released: 2018-04-27

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Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

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Released: 2016-05-12

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

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Blow for Blow

as uncredited
Released: 1972-06-01

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

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Marin Karmitz, bande à part

as Himself
Released: 2014-04-11

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Filming Haneke

as Interviewee
Released: 2000-11-16

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

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Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney

as Self
Released: 2016-01-31

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

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D’Agata limite(s)

as Self
Released: 2019-03-27

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

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