Marin Karmitz

Marin Karmitz
Karmitz in 2007.
Born (1938-10-07) 7 October 1938 (age 86)
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityFrench
Alma materInstitut des hautes études cinématographiques
Occupation(s)Film producer, film distributor, film exhibitor, director

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.[1]

He comes from an assimilated Jewish-Romanian family and emigrated to France in 1948.[2] Karmitz attended film school at IDHEC[3] (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.[4]

  1. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Marin Karmitz". AllMovie.
  2. ^ Goodfellow2014-07-15T13:44:00+01:00, Melanie. "Marin Karmitz looks back on 40 years". Screen. Retrieved 9 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Brody, Richard (23 June 2009). Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard. Macmillan. pp. 129–. ISBN 9780805080155. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Marin Karmitz · MKRS". MKRS. Retrieved 19 March 2022.