- Kassovitz, Peter
- (November 17, 1938, Budapest, Hungary-)He fled Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. Since 1958, he collaborated as an assistant cameraman and then cameraman on many movies. A drawer under the pseudonym of Kasso, he directed cartoons, commercials, and industrial films. He appeared in a few films (1962 Vivre sa Vie Film en Douze Tableaux / UK: It's My Life / USA: My Life to Live, Jean-Luc Godard; 1967 Le Mur, Serge Roullet; 1993 Métisse / USA: Café au Lait, Mathieu Kassovitz; 1995 La Haine / USA: Hate, Mathieu Kassovitz), worked as a TV collection director (1993 Des Héros très ordinaires, episodes "Les Saigneurs", Yvan Butler; "Le Prix d'une Femme", Gérard Krawczyk) and executive producer (2006 Fehèr Tenyér, Szabolcs Hadju, Hungary), and co-wrote a TV movie (2007 Un Juge sous Influence, Jean Marboeuf). He authored two novels (1996 Les Femmes d'abord, Editions Denoël; 1997 Les Mille et une Raisons de désespérer, Editions Verticales). His son is actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz.Filmography◘ 600.000 Etudiants (documentary)◘ La Forme et le Fond (animated short)◘ Steinberg (animated short)◘ Le Réveil musculaire (animated short)◘ Les Chemins de la Fortune (documentary)◘ Jules et Bajus (short; also screenwriter)◘ Hambourg (documentary)◘ Tête de Crochet (short; also screenwriter)◘ Les Cascadeurs (docu-fiction)◘ La Montre (short; also screenwriter)◘ Atlan◘ Paris-Berlin (documentary; short)◘ Ainsi parle Zathoustra (documentary; also screenwriter)◘ Joe à Menherbe (documentary)◘ Venise ou Le Rêve du Gondolier fou (documentary)1973 ◘ Dimanches / Vivre à Villingen (two-part 90' documentary)◘ Jérusalem de l'autre Côté de la Rue (documentary; short)1975 ◘ La Rencontre du Dragon (documentary; also screenwriter)◘ Jeudi 7 Avril (co-director with Chantal Rémy; also co-screenwriter)◘ Au Bout du Bout du Banc / UK: Make a Room for Tomorrow (also screenwriter, dialogist)1987 ◘ Ligne de Vie (animated short)1990 ◘ Les Statues ne meurent jamais (documentary)1993 ◘ Drôles d'Oiseaux! (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)1999 ◘ Jakob the Liar / Jacob le Menteur (also screenwriter; USA / France / Hungary; shot in 1997)Television Filmography◘ A bon Entendeur (short)◘ Loin d'où (documentary)1973 ◘ Le Canari . . . et pleure aussi (short; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)1978 ◘ Brigade des Mineurs (episode "Une Absence prolongée")◘ Médecins de Nuit (episode "Hélène"; France / West Germany)1980 ◘ Histoires étranges (episode "La Morte Amoureuse")◘ Médecins de Nuit (episode "Un Plat cuisiné"; France / West Germany)1981 ◘ Médecins de Nuit (episode "Usine Castel"; France / West Germany)◘ La Guerre des Insectes (4 X 52'; France / Switzerland)◘ La France de Joséphine Fausses Notes◘ Dans la Citadelle (also co-screenwriter; co-dialogist)◘ Une Femme jalouse◘ Clémence Aletti (5 X 52'; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)◘ L'Enigme blanche (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)◘ Mariage blanc (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1984)◘ Opération Ypsilon (4 X 52'; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1985)◘ T., Reine de la Jungle◘ Les Mains d'Orlac (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)◘ Coplan (episode "L'Ange et le Serpent")◘ Les Cadavres exquis de Patricia Highsmith (episode "Pour le Restant de leurs Jours")◘ Stirn et Stern (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)◘ Embuscades (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)1993 ◘ Contrôle d'Identité (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)◘ Bonjour Tristesse◘ La Rançon du Chien (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1994)◘ Les Bœuf-Carottes (episode "Sonia")◘ Enquête sur un Enlèvement (documentary)1997 ◘ Faussaires et Assassins (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)2000 ◘ H (episodes "Une Histoire d'Appartement", "Une Histoire d'Uniforme", "Une Histoire de Fauteuil")◘ Façades (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)◘ Orages◘ Si c'est ça la Famille (also coscreenwriter, co-dialogist)◘ Les Femmes d'abord (also co-screenwriter)◘ Beau Masque (also coscreenwriter)◘ Le Sang noir (also co-screenwriter)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.
