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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 23, 1931
- Place of Birth
- Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
- Died
- May 27, 2016
Charles L. Bitsch
Charles L. Bitsch was a French film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer associated with the French New Wave. Born in Mulhouse, he studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Bitsch began his career as a cinematographer, working on short films like Le Coup du berger (1956). He served as an assistant director for prominent filmmakers, including Claude Chabrol on Le Beau Serge (1958) and Jean-Luc Godard on Le Mépris (1963). Bitsch directed films such as Les Baisers (1964) and La Chance et l'amour (1964). His work is noted for its stylistic innovation and contribution to the French New Wave movement.
Filmography
movieOnce Upon a Time… Contempt
2009 · Self
movieGodard, Love and Poetry
2007 · Self
The Outskirts of Alphaville
movieThe Outskirts of Alphaville
2003
Le Bonheur des autres
movieLe Bonheur des autres
1990 · Director
movieThe Last Man
1969 · Writer, Director
movieLove and Anger
1969 · Assistant Director
movieFar from Vietnam
1967 · Director of Photography
movieLa Chinoise
1967 · Self - Assistant Director (uncredited)
movieThe Oldest Profession
1967 · Assistant Director
movie2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
1967 · Assistant Director
movieMade in U.S.A
1967 · Assistant Director
movieM.M.M. 83
1966 · Writer
movieAlphaville
1965 · Assistant Director
movieChance at Love
1964 · Writer, Director
movieLes baisers
1964 · Director
movieContempt
1963 · Assistant Director
movieThe Carabineers
1963 · Assistant Director
movieRo.Go.Pa.G.
1963 · Assistant Director
movieBluebeard
1963 · Assistant Director
movieLe Doulos
1962 · Assistant Director
movieVivre Sa Vie
1962 · Camera Operator
movieLove at Twenty
1962 · Assistant Camera
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1962 · Assistant Director
movieParis Belongs to Us
1961 · Director of Photography
movieLes Bonnes Femmes
1960 · Soldier in Prison Cell (uncredited), Assistant Director
movieTwo Men in Manhattan
1959 · Assistant Director, Camera Operator
movieThe 400 Blows
1959 · Officier de police (non crédité)
movieVéronique and Her Dunce
1959 · Director of Photography
movieLe Beau Serge
1959 · Assistant Director
movieFool’s Mate
1956 · Writer, Director of Photography
movieThe Kreutzer Sonata
1956 · (uncredited)
movieThree Dates
1953 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Diversion
1952 · Director of Photography