---
name: "Marin Karmitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marin-karmitz"
fi1m_id: "marin-karmitz"
imdb_id: "nm0439767"
tmdb_id: 1134
wikidata_id: "Q1383621"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 October 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-26T14:19:56.649924+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Marin Karmitz

## Identity

Marin Karmitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marin-karmitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marin-karmitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0439767
- **TMDB ID:** 1134
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1383621
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Karmitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1383621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439767/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1134

Producer. Born 7 October 1938 in Bucharest, Romania.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 October 1938, Bucharest, Romania
- **Active:** 1962–2010
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 7 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Krzysztof Kieślowski](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-kieslowski.md), [Krzysztof Piesiewicz](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-piesiewicz.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1990s 85 (4), 2000s 68 (2), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 79 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Romance 3, Mystery 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Karmitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1383621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439767/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1134

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: Red*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md) (90), [*Three Colors: Blue*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) (88), [*The Piano Teacher*](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md) (82), [*Three Colors: White*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marin Karmitz (born 7 October 1938) is a Romanian-French film producer, distributor and exhibitor. He emigrated to France in 1948, attended the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC, later La Fémis) and began working in the film industry as an assistant director and director of photography.

In 1967 he founded the production company MK2, which he developed into a major independent film production, distribution and exhibition group specialising in auteur cinema. Karmitz produced Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours trilogy (*Three Colors: Blue*, 1993; *Three Colors: White*, 1994; *Three Colors: Red*, 1994) as well as films including *The Piano Teacher* (2001), *Code Unknown* (2000) and *Certified Copy* (2010). In 2005 he handed day-to-day leadership of MK2 to his sons Nathanaël and Elisha.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Produced (7) — the average rests on these

- *Certified Copy* (2010), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/certified-copy.md)
- *Signs & Wonders* (2001), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/signs-and-wonders.md)
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)
- *The Wind Will Carry Us* (1999), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wind-will-carry-us.md)
- *Three Colors: Red* (1994), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md)
- *Three Colors: White* (1994), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Fi1m 88, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)

## Complete filmography (90)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *24 Frames* (2018), Thanks
- *Valse à trois* (2014), Producer
- *Something in the Air* (2012), Associate Producer
- *Like Someone in Love* (2012), Producer
- *On the Road* (2012), Associate Producer
- *Black Venus* (2010), Producer
- *Certified Copy* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/certified-copy.md)
- *White Snow* (2010), Associate Producer
- *Diamond 13* (2009), Producer
- *The Fish Child* (2009), Associate Producer
- *The True Story of Puss 'n Boots* (2009), Associate Producer
- *Zion and His Brother* (2009), Co-Producer
- *Rumba* (2008), Producer
- *Summer Hours* (2008), Producer
- *A Lost Man* (2007), Producer
- *Tale of Cinema* (2005), Producer
- *Daddy, Daddy USA* (2005), Producer
- *The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas* (2004), Producer
- *10 on Ten* (2004), Producer
- *Woman Is the Future of Man* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Five Dedicated to Ozu* (2003), Producer
- *The Flower of Evil* (2003), Producer
- *The Clay Bird* (2002), Producer
- *Apartment #5C* (2002), Producer
- *Ten* (2002), Producer
- *Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma* (2002), Producer
- *ABC Africa* (2001), Producer
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)
- *Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer* (2001), Producer
- *Signs & Wonders* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/signs-and-wonders.md)
- *Filming Haneke* (2000), as Interviewee
- *Code Unknown* (2000), Producer
- *Nightcap* (2000), Producer
- *Dad on the Run* (2000), Producer
- *The Wind Will Carry Us* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wind-will-carry-us.md)
- *Little Brothers* (1999), Producer
- *The Color of Lies* (1999), Producer
- *The Silence* (1998), Producer
- *Claire Dolan* (1998), Producer
- *Next Stop Paradise* (1998), Producer
- *The Apple* (1998), Producer
- *The Swindle* (1997), Producer
- *Deep Crimson* (1996), Co-Producer
- *Shaman* (1996), Producer
- *Too Late* (1996), Producer
- *La Cérémonie* (1995), Producer
- *Mayday* (1995), Producer
- *An Unforgettable Summer* (1994), Producer
- *Three Colors: Red* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md)
- *Torment* (1994), Producer
- *Three Colors: White* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)
- *Mazeppa* (1993), Producer
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *L'Homme Télé* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Betty* (1992), Producer
- *Madame Bovary* (1991), Producer
- *Taxi Blues* (1990), Producer
- *I Want to Go Home* (1989), Producer
- *Story of Women* (1988), Producer
- *Chocolat* (1988), Co-Producer
- *The Ghost Valley* (1987), Producer
- *Good Morning, Babylon* (1987), Producer
- *Masks* (1987), Producer
- *Mélo* (1986), Producer
- *Fatherland* (1986), Co-Producer
- *Malandro* (1986), Producer
- *Inspector Lavardin* (1986), Producer
- *The Temptation of Isabelle* (1985), Producer
- *No Man's Land* (1985), Producer
- *Cop au Vin* (1985), Producer
- *Le Bon Plaisir* (1984), Producer
- *The Wall* (1983), Producer
- *Half a Life* (1982), Producer
- *The Red Shade* (1981), Producer
- *Every Man for Himself* (1980), Associate Producer
- *A Leap in the Dark* (1980), Additional Dialogue
- *The Lost Way* (1980), Producer
- *Simone de Beauvoir* (1979), Executive Producer
- *Rape of Love* (1978), Producer
- *Blow for Blow* (1972), Director
- *Comrades* (1970), Director, Writer
- *Seven Days Somewhere Else* (1969), Director, Writer
- *Un dimanche à Aurillac* (1967), Producer
- *Comédie* (1966), Director
- *Adolescence* (1966), Director, Producer
- *Dark Night, Calcutta* (1964), Director
- *Les idoles* (1963), Director
- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Assistant Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)
- *The Honors of War* (1962), Assistant Director
- *Un jour à Paris* (1962), Producer

## Gallery

- ![Marin Karmitz](https://film.one/media/person/83352/gallery-6156dfac5e38.jpg) Marin Karmitz — Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Bayrou_Bercy_2007-04-18_n14.jpg/1280px-Bayrou_Bercy_2007-04-18_n14.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Movie director and producer Marin Karmitz at a rally for François Bayrou, centrist candidate in the 2007 French presidential election, heald on Apr. 18, 2007 at](https://film.one/media/person/83352/gallery-4b092cfd2b3a.jpg) Movie director and producer Marin Karmitz at a rally for François Bayrou, centrist candidate in the 2007 French presidential election, heald on Apr. 18, 2007 at — Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bayrou_Bercy_2007-04-18_n15.jpg/1280px-Bayrou_Bercy_2007-04-18_n15.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marin Karmitz interviewé par Frédéric Bonnaud, présentant le film "Trois couleurs: Rouge". (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/83352/gallery-ea19d84fce0b.jpg) Marin Karmitz interviewé par Frédéric Bonnaud, présentant le film "Trois couleurs: Rouge". (2021) — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Marin_Karmitz_et_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bonnaud.jpg/1280px-Marin_Karmitz_et_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bonnaud.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marin Karmitz](https://film.one/media/person/83352/gallery-e5775b349e6b.jpg) Marin Karmitz — Image via TMDB
- ![Marin Karmitz](https://film.one/media/person/83352/gallery-b25d3712c9ec.jpg) Marin Karmitz — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1967: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (nominated), for *Adolescence*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 1994: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Three Colors trilogy*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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