Marin Karmitz
Marin Karmitz 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 a 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.
Marin Karmitz
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- Name
- Marin Karmitz
- Birthplace
- Bucharest, Romania
- Education
- Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
- Occupation
- Film producer, film distributor, film exhibitor, director
- Born
- 1938 · Bucharest.
- Nationality
- France · Romania
- Fields
- film · photography · film production · film direction
- Honours
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Marin Karmitz 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 a 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.
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Biography
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 sons Nathanaël (chairman/CEO) and Elisha (general manager).
Marin Karmitz studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is film, photography and film production. Places of work recorded in the authority are France. Work by Marin Karmitz is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Commander of the Legion of Honour.
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Key facts
• Name — Marin Karmitz • Birthplace — Bucharest, Romania • Education — Institut des hautes études cinématographiques • Occupation — Film producer, film distributor, film exhibitor, director • Children — Elisha Karmitz Nathanaël Karmitz
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 2010: "Un parcours dans la collection de Marin Karmitz", exhibited at Rencontres d'Arles festival, France.
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- 1.Brennan, Sandra. Marin Karmitz. AllMovie.
- 2.Goodfellow, Melanie. Marin Karmitz looks back on 40 years. Screen. 15 July 2014.
- 3.Brody, Richard. Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard. Macmillan. 129–. 23 June 2009. 9780805080155.
- 4.Diana Lodderhose, "International Disruptors: MK2’s Nathanaël & Elisha Karmitz On Their Commitment To Cinema, Heritage Movies & The Dynamic Ways They Reached Audiences During Lockdown". Deadline Hollywood, June 16, 2021.
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