Overview
Marin Karmitz
Known For
D’Agata limite(s)
Franck Landron follows photographer Antoine d'Agata wherever he goes, to...
D’où vient cet air lointain? Chronique d’une vie en cinéma
In the evening of her life, Yannick Bellon reflects on...
Claude Chabrol's Eye
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
An inquiry into two of the most influencial French filmakers...
Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney
In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France,...
Marin Karmitz, bande à part
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the...
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.