Charles L. Bitsch
- Directing
- April 23, 1931 · Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
- May 27, 2016
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 contribution to the French New Wave movement.
Known for
Filmography
- Once Upon a Time… Contempt · Self
- Godard, Love and Poetry · Self
- The Outskirts of Alphaville
- Le Bonheur des autres · Director
- The Last Man · Writer, Director
- Love and Anger · Assistant Director
- Far from Vietnam · Cinematography
- La Chinoise · Self, Assistant Director
- The Oldest Profession · Assistant Director
- 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her · Assistant Director
- Made in U.S.A · Assistant Director
- M.M.M. 83 · Writer
- Alphaville · Assistant Director
- Chance at Love · Writer, Director
- Les baisers · Director
- Contempt · Assistant Director
- The Carabineers · Assistant Director
- Ro.Go.Pa.G. · Assistant Director
- Bluebeard · Assistant Director
- Le Doulos · Assistant Director
- Vivre Sa Vie · Camera Operator
- Love at Twenty · Assistant Camera
- The Seven Deadly Sins · Assistant Director
- Paris Belongs to Us · Cinematography
- Les Bonnes Femmes · Soldier in Prison Cell (uncredited), Assistant Director
- Two Men in Manhattan · Assistant Director, Camera Operator
- The 400 Blows · Officier de police (non crédité)
- Véronique and Her Dunce · Cinematography
- Le Beau Serge · Assistant Director
- Fool’s Mate · Cinematography, Writer
- The Kreutzer Sonata · (uncredited)
- Three Dates · Director, Screenplay
- The Diversion · Cinematography