Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1976 Pour une Poignée de gros Sel (documentary;
short)
1988 Les Aventures de Kiko (26 5')
1989 Drive-In (8 5')
1992 La Marche du Siècle (documentary; episode
“Lettre de Jérusalem”)
1993 Les Années libé (documentary)
1994 Le Trésor du San Diego (documentary; codirector
with Alain Lasfargues)
1995 Orage sur le Mexique (documentary; codirector
with Eric Pittard)
1996 La Maman, la Putain et le Macho (documentary;
short)
1999 Nicole Notat (documentary)
2000 David Krakauer (documentary)
2001 Deux Gendarmes dans le Pacifi que (documentary)
2003 Autopsie d’un Médecin Légiste (documentary;
short)
2005 Histoire de la Police française (4 52' documentary;
co-director with Eric Pittard)
KAREL, WILLIAM (1940, Tunisia–)
After studying in Paris, he moved to Israel, where he
lived for about twelve years in a kibbutz. He worked as
a photographer for several agencies, including Gamma
(1972–1976) and Sygma (1976–1983). Since his return
to France, he has directed mostly political documentaries
for TV. He also co-wrote two of Philippe Faucon’s
movies (1993 Sabine; 1996 Mes 17 Ans).
Filmography
1998 Histoire d’une Droite extrême (documentary)
Alger 40-45, la Ville de tous les Complots (documentary)
2004 Le Monde selon Bush (documentary; originally
shot for TV; also co-screenwriter; France /
Belgium / Switzerland)
2006 La Fille du Juge (documentary)
Television Filmography
1988 De Gaulle? Connais pas (documentary)
1989 L’Argentine dans la Crise (documentary)
Les Juifs du Bout du Monde (documentary)
1992 La Rafl e du Vel-d’Hiv (documentary)
Les Deux Morts de Joseph Staline (documentary)
1993 La Guerre du Kippour (documentary)
Sartre-Aron: 50 Ans d’Histoires (documentary)
John F. Kennedy (documentary)
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1994 Le FMI en Jamaïque (documentary)
La Nuit des Longs Couteaux (documentary)
1995 Contre l’Oubli (documentary; co-director with
Blanche Finger)
8 Mai: une Journée particulière (medium-length
documentary)
Un Siècle d’Ecrivains (documentary; episode
“Albert Cohen”; co-director with Glenio
Bonder)
1996 Un Siècle d’Ecrivains (documentary; episode
“Primo Levi”)
Mourir à Verdun (documentary)
La Cagoule (documentary)
1997 Une Terre deux Fois promise: Israël-Palestine
(documentary)
1998 Un Siècle d’Ecrivains (documentary; episode
“D.H. Lawrence”)
1999 Le Journal commence à Vingt Heures (documentary)
2000 Hollywood (documentary; also screenwriter,
cinematographer)
Les Hommes de la Maison Blanche (documentary)
2001 Conversation avec les Hommes (documentary)
François Mitterrand, un Mensonge passé sous
Silence (documentary)
2002 Opération Lune (documentary)
VGE, le Théâtre du Pouvoir (documentary)
2003 CIA: Guerres secrètes / UK: CIA: Secret Wars (3
52' documentary); 1947–1977, Opérations
clandestines; 1977–1989, La Fin des Illusions;
1989–2003 D’une Guerre l’autre
D’une Guerre l’Autre (also co-screenwriter)
2004 Le Monde selon Bush (documentary; also coscreenwriter;
France / Belgium / Switzerland)
2007 Poisson d’Avril (also co-screenwriter)
2008 Meurtres à l’Empire State Building
KARINA, ANNA (Hanna-Karin Bayer / September
22, 1940, Soljberg, Denmark–)
A teenage model for a fashion magazine, she also appeared
in commercials. A short in which she played
(1959 Pigen og skoene, Ib Schmedes) obtained a prize
at the Cannes Film Festival, and she decided to settle
in France, where she briefl y worked as a mannequin.
In 1960, she co-starred in her fi rst French fi lm (Ce Soir
ou jamais, Michel Deville) and met Jean-Luc Godard,
who hired her for Le Petit Soldat / UK and USA: The
Little Soldier. She married her director in 1961 and
remained his wife and muse until 1967 (1961 Une