KASSOVITZ, Mathieu 1967–

PERSONAL

Born August 3, 1967, in Paris, France; son of Peter Kassovitz (a director and writer) and Chantal Remy (a film editor); married Julie Mauduech (an actress and costume designer); children: Carmen (daughter). Religion: Judaism.

Addresses: Agent—Lee Stollman, Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actor, director, producer, writer, and film editor. MNP Enterprise, producer; Kasso Inc. Productions, cofounder, 1993; IB2K (production company), cofounder, 2000. Appeared in advertisements and directed commercials. Cannes International Film Festival, member of jury, 2001. Also worked as an assistant director, including work on industrial films.

Awards, Honors: Perspectives du Cinema Award, Cannes International Film Festival, 1991, for Cauchemar blanc; Paris Film Festival awards, best actor and special jury prize, both 1993, and Cesar Award nominations, most promising actor and best first work, Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema, both 1994, all for Metisse; Cesar Award, most promising actor, 1995, for Regarde les hommes tomber; Prix Jean Gabin, 1995, for Un heroes tres discret; Best Director Award and nomination for Golden Palm, both Cannes International Film Festival, 1995, European Film Award, best young film, 1995, nomination for Golden Alexander, Thessaloniki Film Festival, 1995, Cesar awards, best film and (with Scott Stevenson) best editing, 1996, Cesar Award nominations, best director and best writing—original or adaptation, 1996, and Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, best foreign-language film, 1996, all for La haine; nomination for Golden Palm, Cannes International Film Festival, 1997, for Assassin(-s); nomination for Golden Seashell, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2000, Cesar Award nomination, best director, 2001, and Audience Award nomination, best director, European Film awards, 2001, all for Les rivieres pourpres; Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award, best actor, 2001, for Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain; Cesar Award nomination, best actor, 2003, for Amen.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Mathias Oppenheim, Au bout du bout au banc (also known as Make Room for Tomorrow), 1978.

Short waiter, L'annee prochaine … si tout va bien (also known as Next Year If All Goes Well), 1981.

Fierrot le pou (short film), 1990.

Piaz, Touch and Die (also known as Chi tocca muore), 1991.

Assassins … (short film), Warner Bros., 1992.

Un ete sans histoires (also known as French Summer), 1992.

Felix, Metisse (also known as Cafe au lait), New Yorker Films, 1993.

Johnny, Regarde les hommes tomber (also known as See How They Fall), M.I.H.K., 1994.

Avant … mais apres (short film), 1994.

Elle voulait faire quelque chose, 1994.

3000 scenarios contre un virus (also known as 3000 Scenarios to Combat a Virus), 1994.

(Uncredited) Man on street, La cite des enfants perdus (also known as The City of Lost Children, Die Stadt der verlorenen Kinder, La ciudad de los ninos perdidos, and La ciutat dels nens perduts), 1995.

Young skinhead, La haine (also known as Hate and Hatred), 1995.

Les fleurs de Maria Papadopylou, 1995.

(Uncredited) Clement, Mon homme (also known as My Man), Artificial Eye, 1996.

Paramedic, Des nouvelles du bon Dieu (also known as News from the Good Lord), 1996.

The younger Albert Dehousse, Un heroes tres discret (also known as A Self-Made Hero), 1996.

Himself, Assassin(s): no comment, 1997.

Max, Assassin(s), MKL Lazennec Diffusion, 1997.

Mugger, The Fifth Element (also known as Le cinquieme element), Columbia, 1997.

Roland, Le plaisir (et ses petits tracas) [also known as Pleasure (and Its Little Inconveniences)], 1998.

Herschel, Jakob the Liar (also known as Jakob le menteur), Columbia, 1999.

Nino Quincampoix, Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (also known as Amelie, Amelie from Montmartre, Amelie of Montmartre, The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain, and Die Fabelhafte Welt der Amelie), Miramax, 2001.

Les rivieres pourpres (also known as The Crimson Rivers), TriStar, 2001.

Voice, Traitement de substitution n4 (animated; also known as Substitution n4), K Films, 2002.

Yuri, Birthday Girl, Miramax, 2002.

Tarubi, l'arabe strait 1 & 2 (short film), 2002.

Physionomiste banquet, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatre (also known as Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Kleopatra), Miramax, 2003.

Riccardo Fontana, Amen (also known as Eyewitness and Der Stellvertreter), Kino International, 2003.

Robert, Munich, Universal, 2005.

Film Director:

Second assistant director, Moitie-moitie, AFMD/Prima Film, 1989.

Fierrot le pou (short film), 1990.

Cauchemar blanc (short film; also known as White Nightmare), 1991.

Assassins … (short film), Warner Bros., 1992.

Metisse (also known as Cafe au lait), New Yorker Films, 1993.

La haine (also known as Hate and Hatred), 1995.

Assassin(s), MKL Lazennec Diffusion, 1997.

La foret (short film), Handicap International, 1997.

Article premier (short film), Amnesty International, 1998.

Deja vu, 1999.

Spotlights on a Massacre: 10 Films against 100 Million Antipersonnel Land Mines, 1999.

Les rivieres pourpres (also known as The Crimson Rivers), TriStar, 2001.

Gothika, Warner Bros., 2003.

Film Producer:

Executive producer, Metisse (also known as Cafe au lait), New Yorker Films, 1993.

(With others) La chepor (short film), MNP Enterprise/Guyon/Chic Films, 2004.

Neg maron, Mars Distribution, 2005.

Avida, MNP Enterprise, 2006.

Film Editor:

La haine (also known as Hate and Hatred), 1995.

Assassin(s), MKL Lazennec Diffusion, 1997.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Young Berlioz, La vie de Berlioz, [France], 1983.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Philippe Nahon, de l'acteur fetiche a l'icone (documentary), 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Christophe, Medecins de nuit, 1978.

Guest, 7 sur 7, 1995.

Guest, Surprise sur prise, 1995.

Guest, Tout le monde en parle, 2002.

Guest, Comme au cinema, 2003.

Guest, Breakfast, BBC, 2004.

Television Work; Movies:

Assistant director, Stirn et Stern, [France], 1990.

RECORDINGS

Music Video Director:

Tonton David, "Peuples du monde," 1990.

Sayan Supa Crew, "Y'a," 2000.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Fierrot le pou (short film), 1990.

Cauchemar blanc (short film; also known as White Nightmare), 1991.

Assassins … (short film), Warner Bros., 1992.

Metisse (also known as Cafe au lait), New Yorker Films, 1993.

La haine (also known as Hate and Hatred), 1995.

Assassin(s), MKL Lazennec Diffusion, 1997.

(With Jean-Christophe Grange) Les rivieres pourpres (also known as The Crimson Rivers; based on the novel by Grange), TriStar, 2001.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Empire, issue 78, 1995, p. 54.

Entertainment Weekly, August 22, 2003, p. 41.

New York Times, September 22, 2002.

Variety, January 5, 2004, p. 14.

Electronic:

Mathieu Kassovitz—Site Officiel, http://www.mathieukassovitz.com, December 10, 2005.