Marin Karmitz

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Marin Karmitz
Karmitz in 2007.
Born	Bucharest, Romania
Education	Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
Occupations	Film producer, film distributor, film exhibitor, director
Children	Elisha Karmitz Nathanaël 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, he turned over leadership of the MK2 company and its theaters to his sons Nathanaël (chairman/CEO) and Elisha (general manager).

Exhibitions

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

References

External links

• Marin Karmitz at IMDb

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