Marin Karmitz

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Marin Karmitz
Karmitz in 2007.
Born	(1938-10-07) 7 October 1938 Bucharest, Romania
Nationality	French
Alma mater	Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
Occupation	Film producer, film distributor, film exhibitor, director

Marin Karmitz (born 7 October 1938 in Bucharest, Romania) is a French businessman whose career has spanned the French film industry, including director, producer, film distributor, and operator of a chain of cinemas.^[1]

Karmitz attended film school at IDHEC^[2] (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.^{[citation needed]}

Exhibitions

• 2010:"Un parcours dans la collection de Marin Karmitz", exhibited at Rencontres d'Arles festival, France.

References

↑ "Marin Karmitz". The New York Times.
↑ Brody, Richard (23 June 2009). Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard. Macmillan. pp. 129–. ISBN 9780805080155. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

External links

Marin Karmitz at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 56675263 LCCN: n94007553 ISNI: 0000 0001 1492 0981 GND: 122441214 BNF: cb122999458

Persondata
Name	Karmitz, Marin
Alternative names
Short description	Film producer, businessman
Date of birth	7 October 1938
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death
Place of death

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