Charles L. Bitsch
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday23 April 1931
Died27 May 2016 (age 85)
Place of birthMulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
Known credits33
Biography
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 contrib…
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
2009 · Self
Godard, Love and Poetry
2007 · Self
The Outskirts of Alphaville
2003
Le Bonheur des autres
1990 · Director
The Last Man
1969 · Writer
The Last Man
1969 · Director
Love and Anger
1969 · Assistant Director
Far from Vietnam
1967 · Director of Photography
La Chinoise
1967 · Self - Assistant Director (uncredited)
La Chinoise
1967 · Assistant Director
The Oldest Profession
1967 · Assistant Director
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
1967 · Assistant Director
Made in U.S.A
1967 · Assistant Director
M.M.M. 83
1966 · Writer
Alphaville
1965 · Assistant Director
Chance at Love
1964 · Writer
Chance at Love
1964 · Director
Les baisers
1964 · Director
Contempt
1963 · Assistant Director
The Carabineers
1963 · Assistant Director
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
1963 · Assistant Director
Bluebeard
1963 · Assistant Director
Le Doulos
1962 · Assistant Director
Vivre Sa Vie
1962 · Camera Operator
Love at Twenty
1962 · Assistant Camera
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962 · Assistant Director
Paris Belongs to Us
1961 · Director of Photography
Les Bonnes Femmes
1960 · Soldier in Prison Cell (uncredited)
Les Bonnes Femmes
1960 · Assistant Director
Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · Assistant Director
Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · Camera Operator
The 400 Blows
1959 · Officier de police (non crédité)
Véronique and Her Dunce
1959 · Director of Photography
Le Beau Serge
1959 · Assistant Director
Fool’s Mate
1956 · Writer
Fool’s Mate
1956 · Director of Photography
The Kreutzer Sonata
1956 · (uncredited)
Three Dates
1953 · Director
Three Dates
1953 · Screenplay
The Diversion
1952 · Director of Photography
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