---
name: "Michel Litvak"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michel-litvak"
fi1m_id: "michel-litvak"
imdb_id: "nm1490949"
tmdb_id: 66726
wikidata_id: "Q20873879"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 August 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-25T00:22:33.644480+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."
---

# Michel Litvak

## Identity

Michel Litvak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michel-litvak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michel-litvak
- **IMDb ID:** nm1490949
- **TMDB ID:** 66726
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20873879
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20873879, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66726

Producer. Born 1 August 1951 in Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 August 1951, Belgium
- **Active:** 2011–2016
- **Also known as:**  Michel Litvak
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 5, Drama 4, Crime 3, Horror 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $191m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20873879, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66726

## Biography

Michel Litvak is a film producer and founder of Bold Films. He has produced *Drive* (2011), *Nightcrawler* (2014) and *Whiplash* (2014), among other titles including *No Escape* (2015), *Shot Caller* (2017) and *The Guilty* (2021).

Born in August 1951 in Leningrad, Litvak's family immigrated to Belgium in 1962. He built a career in commodity trading and logistics before establishing Bold Films, which has backed several independent features. He is married to actress Svetlana Metkina.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Neon Demon* (2016), Fi1m 61, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-neon-demon.md)
- *Nightcrawler* (2014), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/nightcrawler.md)
- *Whiplash* (2014), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)
- *Only God Forgives* (2013), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/only-god-forgives.md)
- *Drive* (2011), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/drive.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *The Guilty* (2021), Producer
- *Oslo* (2021), Producer
- *Above Suspicion* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Colette* (2018), Producer
- *Vox Lux* (2018), Producer
- *Stronger* (2017), Producer
- *Shot Caller* (2017), Producer
- *The Neon Demon* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-neon-demon.md)
- *No Escape* (2015), Producer
- *Lost River* (2015), Producer
- *Nightcrawler* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/nightcrawler.md)
- *Whiplash* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)
- *Heatstroke* (2013), Producer
- *Evidence* (2013), Producer
- *Only God Forgives* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/only-god-forgives.md)
- *Drive* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/drive.md)
- *Legion* (2010), Producer
- *The Hole* (2009), Producer
- *Middle of Nowhere* (2008), Producer
- *Bobby* (2006), Producer
- *Come Early Morning* (2006), Producer
- *The Iris Effect* (2005), Producer
- *The Second Front* (2005), Producer
- *The Anarchists vs ISIS*, Producer

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