Editing Mathieu Kassovitz

{{Short description|French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter}}
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'''Mathieu Kassovitz''' ({{IPA|fr|matjø kasɔvits}}) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has won three [[César Awards]]: [[César Award for Most Promising Actor|Most Promising Actor]] for ''[[See How They Fall]]'' (1994), and [[César Award for Best Film|Best Film]] and [[César Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] for ''[[La Haine]]'' (1995). He also received [[César Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation|Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation]] nominations.

==Early life==
Mathieu Kassovitz is the son of [[Peter Kassovitz]], a film producer, director, and writer, and Chantal Rémy, a [[film editor]].<ref name="Mathieu Kassovitz"/> His mother is a French Catholic, while his father is a Hungarian Jew who fled during the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last=Riding|first=Alan|title=A French Director Straight Out of (Enfin) Spike Lee|work=The New York Times|date=14 August 1994|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E5DC1630F937A2575BC0A962958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/K/Kassovitz,%20Mathieu|access-date=26 November 2007}}</ref> Mathieu has described himself as "not Jewish but I was brought up in a world of Jewish humor".<ref name="nytimes"/>

==Career==
===Filmmaker===
As a filmmaker, Kassovitz has made several artistic and commercial successes. He wrote and directed ''[[La Haine]]'' (''Hate'', 1995), a film dealing with themes around class, race, violence, and [[police brutality]].<ref name="eurochannel.com">[http://eurochannel.com/en/A-Film-and-Its-Era-La-Haine-by-Mattieu-Kassovitz-Guillaume-Moskovitz-  France.html Presentation of the documentary A Film and Its Era: La Haine]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film won the [[César Award for Best Film]] and netted Kassovitz the [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director|Best Director]] prize at the [[1995 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3379/year/1995.html|title=Festival de Cannes: La Haine|access-date=4 September 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> 

He later directed ''[[The Crimson Rivers]]'' (2000), a police detective thriller starring [[Jean Reno]] and [[Vincent Cassel]], another massive commercial success in France, and ''[[Gothika]]'' (2003), a fantasy thriller (considered by some to be a commercial failure, although it grossed over three times its roughly $40 million budget), with [[Halle Berry]], [[Robert Downey Jr.]], and [[Penélope Cruz]]. He used the money he made from ''Gothika'' to develop a far more personal project ''Babylon Babies'', the adaptation of one of [[Maurice G. Dantec]]'s books, which eventually would become ''[[Babylon A.D.]]''.<ref name="Mathieu Kassovitz">{{cite web|url=http://www.voici.fr/bios-people/mathieu-kassovitz|title=Mathieu Kassovitz profile|work=Voice.fr|access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref> Kassovitz established the film production firm MNP Entreprise in 2000 "to develop and produce feature films by Kassovitz and to represent him as a director and actor."<ref name="MNP Entreprise">{{cite web|url=http://en.unifrance.org/directories/company/327086/mnp-entreprise|title=MNP Entreprise|work=En.unifrance.org|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> MNP Entreprise is responsible for the co-productions of a number of films including ''[[Avida (film)|Avida]]'' (2006) in which Kassovitz acted and ''Babylon A.D.'' which he directed. Kassovitz purchased the film rights for the novel ''[[Johnny chien méchant]]'' by Congolese writer [[Emmanuel Dongala]]. The film adaptation titled ''[[Johnny Mad Dog]]'', written and directed by [[Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire]], premiered at the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]] where it was screened within the [[Un Certain Regard]] section.<ref name="Festival-cannes.fr">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10803608/year/2008.html|title=Festival de Cannes: Film details 2008|publisher=Festival-cannes.fr|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, he starred in and directed ''[[Rebellion (2011 film)|Rebellion]]'', a war film based on a true story of French commandos who clashed with tribes in [[New Caledonia]], the [[Melanesia]]n [[Overseas France|territory of France]]. His future project [[science fiction film]] ''MNP'' is named after  [[Mir]] Space Station, whose writing in Cyrillic letters (Мир) look like the letters MNP, and also the production company.<ref name="thr">{{cite journal|last=Leffler|first=Rebecca|title=Kassovitz leading 'Rebellion', big-budget 'MNP'|journal=The Hollywood Reporter, the Daily from Cannes|issue=8|page=22|location=Cannes|date=21 May 2008|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if545c66bc7e5705408ffad4779fc5b12|access-date=6 August 2015}}</ref>

===Actor===
[[File:Mathieu Kassovitz.jpg|thumb|Kassovitz at the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Kassovitz is most famous outside France for his acting role as Nino Quincampoix in [[Jean-Pierre Jeunet]]'s film'' [[Amélie]]''. He also had small roles in ''[[La Haine]]'' (which he also directed), ''[[Birthday Girl (2001 film)|Birthday Girl]],'' and ''[[The Fifth Element]]''. He played leading roles in ''[[A Self-Made Hero]]'' (1996) by [[Jacques Audiard]] and in ''[[Amen.]]'' (2003) by [[Costa-Gavras]]. Kassovitz is also recognizable for playing a conflicted Belgian explosives expert in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 2005 film ''[[Munich (2005 film)|Munich]]'', alongside [[Eric Bana]], [[Daniel Craig]], and [[Geoffrey Rush]]. Kassovitz was a jury member for the [[2001 Cannes Film Festival]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Since 2015, Kassovitz has been starring in the acclaimed espionage thriller series ''[[The Bureau (TV series)|The Bureau]]'', broadcast in France on [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] and made available around the world on [[Amazon Prime Video]]. So far five seasons have been screened.

==Personal life==
Kassovitz was married to French actress Julie Mauduech, whom he directed and acted alongside in his 1993 film [[Métisse (film)|''Métisse'']] (''Café au lait'', English title) and also made a brief appearance in ''La Haine'' (during the scene in the Parisian art gallery).<ref name=LeJournalDesFemmes>{{cite web|url=http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/people/mathieu-kassovitz|title=Mathieu Kassovitz: Biographie|work=LeJournal des Femmes|language=fr}}</ref><!--The two sources provided give conflicting. accounts on the number of children, please do not change without discussing on the talk page and providing reliable sources.--><ref name="voici.fr">{{cite web|url=http://www.voici.fr/bios-people/mathieu-kassovitz|title=La biographie de Mathieu Kassovitz avec Voici.fr|work=Voici.fr|language=fr|access-date=6 August 2015}}</ref>

In 2009, Kassovitz won with a [[Tesla Roadster (first generation)|Tesla Roadster]] the ''Rallye Monte Carlo des Véhicules à Énergie Alternative'' (starting event of the [[FIA ecoRally Cup|FIA Alternative Energies Cup]]) in the category reserved to [[electric vehicles]].<ref name="Classement final officiel 2009">[http://www.acm.mc/rmcene/2009/docs/coupe_FIA.pdf Classement final officiel 2009]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ACM.mc; accessed 6 August 2015.</ref><ref name="worldsports-events.com">{{in lang|fr}} ''[http://www.worldsports-events.com/worldsports-event-10-nouveau-record-du-monde-  un-vehicule-electrique-parcourt-390-kilometres.html Nouveau record du monde: un véhicule électrique parcourt 390 kilomètres]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'', ''World Sports Events''; accessed 6 August 2015.</ref>

Kassovitz is also known for his outspokenness, frequently making controversial comments on socio-political issues.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} Kassovitz was an ardent critic of former president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], whom he described in his blog as having "ideas that not only reveal his inexperience of politics and human relations, but which also illuminate the purely demagogical and egocentric aspects of a puny, would-be Napoleon."<ref name="Criterion.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/476-la-haine-kassovitz-vs-sarkozy|title=La haine: Kassovitz vs. Sarkozy - From the Current - The Criterion Collection|publisher=Criterion.com|date=16 April 2007|access-date=6 August 2015}}</ref> In a 2012 interview, he labeled the outgoing Sarkozy administration as "horrible".<ref name="index.hu">[http://index.hu/kultur/cinematrix/ccikkek/2012/05/30/a_szazszazalekos_magyarok_bolondok "Hungarians are crazy"], Index.hu, 30 May 2012.</ref>

On 3 September 2023, while engaged in a training course at the [[Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry]], Kassovitz was involved in a "serious" motorcycle accident that caused head trauma and a fractured pelvis.<ref>{{cite news| last = Piña| first = Christy| date = 3 September 2023 | title = French Director and Actor Mathieu Kassovitz Involved in "Serious" Motorcycle Accident| newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter| url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/french-director-actor-mathieu-kassovitz-motorcycle-accident-1235581188/| access-date = 27 November 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chrisafis|first=Angelique|date=4 September 2023|title=French actor Mathieu Kassovitz 'seriously injured' in motorbike accident|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/04/mathieu-kassovitz-french-director-actor-seriously-injured-motorbike-accident-paris|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=Paris|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Short film===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width=65 |Director
! width=65 |Writer
! width=65 |Actor
! Notes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Fierrot le pou]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Cauchemar Blanc]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Assassins...''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1994
| ''Elle voulait faire quelque chose''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| Role: Mathieu
|-
| ''Avant mais après''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| ''Putain de porte''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Les Fleurs de Maria Papadopylou''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1996
| ''La Forêt'' 
| {{yes}}
| 
|
| Documentary short; segment: "Lumières sur un massacre"
|-
| 1998
| ''Article Premier''
| {{yes}}
| 
|
|
|-
|}

'''Producer'''
* ''La Chepor'' (2004)

===Feature film===
[[file:L Ordre et la Morale Mathieu Kassovitz 2.jpg|thumb|Kassovitz at the preview of ''[[Rebellion (2011 film)|Rebellion]]'', 2011]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width=65 |Director
! width=65 |Writer
! width=65 |Producer
! width=65 |Editor
! Notes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Métisse (film)|Métisse]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[La Haine]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Assassin(s)]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Crimson Rivers]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Gothika]]'' 
| {{yes}}
|
| 
|
|
|-
| 2005
| ''Nèg Maron'' 
| 
|
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| ''[[White Palms (film)|White Palms]]'' 
| 
|
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| ''[[Avida (film)|Avida]]'' 
| 
|
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Les Deux Mondes]]'' 
| 
|
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2008
| ''Enfants de Don Quichotte (Acte 1)'' 
| 
|
| {{yes}}
|
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Johnny Mad Dog]]'' 
| 
|
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| ''[[Babylon A.D.]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| ''[[Louise Hires a Contract Killer]]'' 
|
|
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Rebellion (2011 film)|Rebellion]]'' 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1979
| ''Au bout du bout du banc''
| Mathias Oppenheim 
| 
|-
| 1981
| ''Next Year If All Goes Well''
| A boy 
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''Un été sans histoires''
| A hitchhiker
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Métisse (film)|Métisse]]''
| Felix  
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[See How They Fall]]''
| Johnny
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1995
| ''[[The City of Lost Children]]''
| Man on the street 
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[La Haine]]''
| Young Skinhead 
|  
|-
| rowspan="3"|1996
| ''[[My Man (1996 film)|My Man]]''
| 1st Client: Clément 
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[A Self-Made Hero]]''
| Albert Dehousse 
|
|-
| ''News from the Good Lord''
| A nurse 
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1997
| ''[[The Fifth Element]]''
| Mugger
| 
|-
| ''[[Assassin(s)]]''
| Max    
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)''
| Roland   
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Jakob the Liar]]''
| Herschel
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2001
| ''[[Amélie]]''
| Nino Quincampoix
|
|-
| ''[[Birthday Girl (2001 film)|Birthday Girl]]''
| Yuri 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2002
| ''[[Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra]]''
| Physionomiste banquet
|
|-
| ''[[Amen.]]''
| Riccardo Fontana 
| 
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Munich (2005 film)|Munich]]''
| Robert
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Avida (film)|Avida]]''
| The producer 
| 
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Louise Hires a Contract Killer]]''
| The farm owner
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2011
| ''[[Rebellion (2011 film)|Rebellion]]''
| Philippe Legorjus   
| 
|-
| ''[[Haywire (2011 film)|Haywire]]''
| Studer    
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2012
| ''[[Another Woman's Life]]''
| Paul Speranski 
|
|-
| ''[[The Lookout (2012 film)|The Lookout]]''
| Vincent Kaminski   
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Angélique (film)|Angélique]]''
| Nicolas / Calembredaine      
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2014
| ''Nobody from Nowhere''
| Sébastien Nicolas / Henri de Montalte     
| 
|-
| ''[[Wild Life (2014 film)|Wild Life]]''
| Paco (Philippe Fournier)
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2016
| ''Le Gang des Antillais''
| Bar owner
|
|-
| ''Apocalypse Verdun''
| Voice-over
| Documentary 
|-
| rowspan="4"|2017
| ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]''
| Camelot on Big Market
|
|-
| ''[[Happy End (2017 film)|Happy End]]''
| Thomas Laurent
|
|-
| ''Sparring''
| Steve Landry
|
|-
| ''[[De plus belle]]''
|
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Wolf's Call]]''
| [[ALFOST]]{{efn|"'''ALFOST'''" is not a name. It is an acronym designating the admiral commanding the SSBN fleet of the French Navy. It stands for '''''A'''mira'''L''' commandant la '''F'''orce '''O'''céanique '''ST'''ratégique'' (Admiral commanding the [[Strategic Oceanic Force]])}}
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Accusation (2021 film)|The Accusation]]''
| Adam
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Visions (2023 film)|Visions]]''
| Guillaume
| 
|}

===Television===
'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Médecins de nuit]]''
| 
| 
|-
| 1983
| ''La Vie de Berlioz''
| Young Berlioz
| Miniseries
|-
| 1992
| ''Touch and Die''
| Piaz 
| TV movie
|-
| 1994
| ''3000 scénarios contre un virus''
| 
| 
|-
| 2015–2020
| ''[[The Bureau (TV series)|The Bureau]]''
| Malotru
| 
|-
| 2016
| ''[[War & Peace (2016 TV series)|War & Peace]]''
| [[Napoleon|Napoléon Bonaparte]]  
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2024
| ''[[Furies (TV series)|Furies]]''
| Driss
|-
| ''[[Star Wars: Skeleton Crew]]''
| General Strix    
|
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
'''Cannes Film Festival'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Award
! Result
|-
| 1991
| ''Cauchemar Blanc''
| Perspectives du Cinéma Award
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2| 1995
|rowspan=2| ''La Haine''
| [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Palme d'Or]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1997
| ''Assassin(s)''
| {{nom}}
|}

'''César Awards'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Award
! Result
|-
| 1992
| ''Métisse''  
|rowspan=2| [[César Award for Most Promising Actor|Most Promising Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1994
| ''See How They Fall''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1993
| ''Métisse''
| [[César Award for Best First Feature Film|Best First Feature Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=4| 1995
|rowspan=4| ''La Haine''
| [[César Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[César Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation|Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[César Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2000
| ''The Crimson Rivers''
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2002
| ''Amen.''
| [[César Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2011
| ''Rebellion'' 
| [[César Award for Best Adaptation|Best Adaptation]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

'''European Film Awards'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Award
! Result
|-
|rowspan=2| 1995
|rowspan=2| ''La Haine''
| [[European Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year|European Discovery of the Year]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2000
| ''The Crimson Rivers''
| [[European Film Academy Lux Award|Academy Lux Award]]
| {{nom}}
|}

'''Lumière Awards'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Award
! Result
|-
|rowspan=2| 1995
|rowspan=2| ''La Haine''
| [[Lumière Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Lumière Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2014
| ''Wild Life''
| [[Lumière Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

'''Other awards'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title
! Result
|-
| 1991
| [[Chicago International Film Festival]]
| Best Short film
| ''[[Cauchemar Blanc]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1993
| [[Festival du Film de Paris]]
| Special Jury Prize
| ''[[Métisse (film)|Métisse]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2000
| [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Shell]]
| ''[[The Crimson Rivers]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2001
| [[Cabourg Film Festival]]
| Best Actor
| ''[[Amélie]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2015
| rowspan=2|[[ACS Awards]]
| rowspan=2|Best Actor
| rowspan=2| ''[[The Bureau (TV series)|The Bureau]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2019
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130202213750/http://www.mathieukassovitz.com/ Official website]
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