Charles L. Bitsch

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1931-04-23

Deathday 2016-05-27 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France

Also Known As Charles Bitsch, Charles Bitch

Charles L. Bitsch

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

Director

1990
1969
Love and Anger

as Assistant Director

1969
The Last Man

as Director

1967
Made in U.S.A

as Assistant Director

1967
La Chinoise

as Assistant Director

1967
The Oldest Profession

as Assistant Director

1967
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

as Assistant Director

1965
Alphaville

as Assistant Director

1964
Chance at Love

as Director

1964
Les baisers

as Director

1963
Contempt

as Assistant Director

1963
Bluebeard

as Assistant Director

1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G.

as Assistant Director

1963
The Carabineers

as Assistant Director

1962
The Seven Deadly Sins

as Assistant Director

1962
Le Doulos

as Assistant Director

1960
The Good Girls

as Assistant Director

1959
Two Men in Manhattan

as Assistant Director

Camera

1967
Far from Vietnam

as Director of Photography

1962
Vivre Sa Vie

as Camera Operator

1962
Love at Twenty

as Assistant Camera

1961
Paris Belongs to Us

as Director of Photography

1959
Véronique and Her Dunce

as Director of Photography

1959
Two Men in Manhattan

as Camera Operator

1956
Fool’s Mate

as Director of Photography

1952
The Diversion

as Director of Photography

Actor

1967
La Chinoise

as Self - Assistant Director (uncredited)

1960
The Good Girls

as soldier in prison cell (uncredited)

1959
The 400 Blows

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1956
The Kreutzer Sonata

as (uncredited)

Writer

1969
The Last Man

as Writer

1966
M.M.M. 83

as Writer

1964
Chance at Love

as Writer

1956
Fool’s Mate

as Writer