Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz

1967-08-03 Paris, France 83 Credits

Biography

Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 August 1967) is a French director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for his Cannes-winning drama La Haine. Kassovitz is also the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company.

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Le doc Quotidien - Les baskets et nous

2025

as Self - Guest

Acting
Brothers

Brothers

2024

as Patrice (adulte)

7.2
Acting

Two young brothers are abandoned by their mother during summer of 1948, they run into the forest and survive there for seven years.

Cannabis : Une enquête de Mathieu Kassovitz et Antoine Robin

Cannabis : Une enquête de Mathieu Kassovitz et Antoine Robin

2024

7.0
Acting
Cannabis : Une enquête de Mathieu Kassovitz et Antoine Robin

Cannabis : Une enquête de Mathieu Kassovitz et Antoine Robin

2024

Author

7.0
Rachel's Game

Rachel's Game

2024

as Sam Zimmerman

4.6
Acting

Home cook Rachel, a sort of Ma Dalton, has raised her sons Sam and Jeremiah, and her grandson, Nathan, in the cult of conning. From bad plans to petty...

Visions

Visions

2023

as Guillaume

5.8
Acting

An experienced airline pilot, Estelle leads a perfect life between long-haul flights with her loving, protective husband Guillaume. One day, by chance...

The Astronaut

The Astronaut

2023

as Alexandre Ribbot

7.0
Acting

An aeronautical engineer at Ariane Espace, Jim has devoted himself for years to a secret project: building his own rocket and accomplishing the first ...

Amélie: The Real Story

Amélie: The Real Story

2023

as Nino (archive footage)

4.3
Acting

The truth about the real Amélie Poulain is finally revealed.

The Accusation

The Accusation

2021

as Prof. Adam Wizman

7.1
Acting

The Farels are a power couple: Jean is a prominent French pundit and his wife Claire an essayist known for her radical feminism. Together they have a ...

Him

Him

2021

as Friend

4.5
Acting

Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in Brittany. There he finds an old piano and receives visits ...

Short cuts : La Haine

Short cuts : La Haine

2021

Original Film Writer

4.5
Writing

Mathieu Kassovitz's "La Haine" told in a single minute.

Fake News

Fake News

2021

as Guillaume Kekchoz

4.0
Acting

After stealing a gaming console from migrants, Sébastien tries to sell it to Patrick, a good guy. So far, nothing too serious. But when a rapper strai...

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

2021

as Narrator (voice)

7.5
Acting

From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fou...

Simply Black

Simply Black

2020

as Mathieu Kassovitz

5.9
Acting

A failed 40 year old comedian wants to organize the first Black protests in France but meeting with other French celebrities of the Black community wi...

Street Flow

Street Flow

2019

as Dominique

6.9
Acting

Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba.

The Wolf's Call

The Wolf's Call

2019

as Alfost

7.6
Acting

Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depe...

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

2018

as Self

6.0
Acting

Fan Club

2018

as Narrateur

Acting

Making of Happy End

2018

as Self

Acting
Sparring

Sparring

2017

as Steve Landry

5.9
Acting

Steve Landry, an aging boxer with more losses than wins, accepts to become a sparring partner for an emerging champion in a last-ditch attempt to stay...

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017

as Hawker

6.6
Acting

In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the...

Happy End

Happy End

2017

as Thomas Laurent

6.2
Acting

A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refu...

Two Snails Set Off

Two Snails Set Off

2017

as (voice)

6.1
Acting

A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate t...

Ladies

Ladies

2017

as Clovis

6.4
Acting

Lucie is in remission and her illness is almost a distant memory. Her family pushes her to live life to the fullest, and in doing so Lucie meets the c...

Gang of the Caribbean

Gang of the Caribbean

2016

as The bar owner

5.2
Acting

A gun to be heard, a pen to make yourself understood. The identical course of four young West Indians men who arrived to Paris in the 70's.

Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun

Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun

2016

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fough...

Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté

Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté

2015

as Self

Acting
Nobody from Nowhere

Nobody from Nowhere

2014

as Sébastien Nicolas / Henri de Montalte

6.4
Acting

Sebastien Nicolas is a reclusive realtor leading a double life – in his spare time he creates complex disguises based on acquaintances. Combined with ...

Wild Life

Wild Life

2014

as Philippe Fournier (Paco)

6.4
Acting

The new film by French director Cédric Kahn focusses on Philippe Fournier, a man who lives with his 2 sons, having decided not to give them back to th...

Angelique

Angelique

2013

as Nicolas / Calembredaine

6.5
Acting

The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a cen...

The Lookout

The Lookout

2012

as Vincent Kaminski

5.6
Acting

When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices...

Another Woman's Life

Another Woman's Life

2012

as Paul Speranski

6.2
Acting

When the fun loving Marie sets her eyes on brooding comic book artist Paul, it sets off the kind of romantic sparks that quickly culminate in the bedr...

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting
Rebellion

Rebellion

2011

as Philippe Legorjus

6.7
Acting

April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-...

Fucking Kassovitz

Fucking Kassovitz

2011

as Self

7.4
Acting

A making-of of the chaotic production of Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D. (2008).

Rebellion

Rebellion

2011

Director, Screenplay, Editor

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-...

Haywire

Haywire

2011

as Studer

5.7
Acting

A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.

Louise-Michel

Louise-Michel

2008

as Le propriétaire de la ferme

6.2
Acting

In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man t...

Babylon A.D.

Babylon A.D.

2008

Director, Screenplay

5.7
Directing Writing

A veteran-turned-mercenary is hired to take a young woman with a secret from post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to New York City.

Johnny Mad Dog

Johnny Mad Dog

2008

Producer

6.2
Producing

A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unnamed African country.

Two Worlds

Two Worlds

2007

Producer

5.1
Producing

A French tradesman travels in time and liberates an oppressed tribe in another world.

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

2007

Director

6.0
Directing

A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

Hunting Down the Nazis

Hunting Down the Nazis

2007

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

For the first time, a film recounts the story of the long pursuit of Nazis in hiding from 1945 to the present day. Sixty years of investigations, set-...

Ten Years of La Haine

Ten Years of La Haine

2006

as Self

7.0
Acting

A documentary tracing the history of La Haine, from the real-life shooting that inspired the screenplay to the film’s success at the 1995 Cannes Film ...

Munich

Munich

2005

as Robert

7.1
Acting

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black Septem...

Just for Kicks

Just for Kicks

2005

as Self

6.8
Acting

Just for Kicks is a 2005 documentary film about the sneaker phenomena and history. It includes self confessed "sneakerheads" like Grandmaster Caz, Rev...

Nèg maron

Nèg maron

2005

Producer

6.1
Producing

Two childhood friends, Joshua and Flint, are adrift in boredom in their area of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe. They're involved in petty theft and ordinary ...

Gothika

Gothika

2003

Director

6.1
Directing

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that ...

Amen.

Amen.

2002

as Riccardo Fontana

7.0
Acting

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that...

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002

as Banquet physiognomist

7.4
Acting

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête

Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête

2001

as Self

8.7
Acting

Behind the scenes of Mathieu Kassovitz's 'The Crimson Rivers'

Making of "la scène au scalpel"

Making of "la scène au scalpel"

2001

as Self

Acting

The team behind 'The Crimson Rivers' explains how the autopsy scene was assembled.

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl

2001

as Yuri

5.9
Acting

John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russia...

Amélie

Amélie

2001

as Nino Quincampoix

7.9
Acting

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a...

Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2

Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2

2001

as Le mec dans la voiture

Acting
The Crimson Rivers

The Crimson Rivers

2000

Director, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by ...

Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

1999

as Herschel

6.7
Acting

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German ...

Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)

Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)

1998

as Roland

5.0
Acting

Seemingly unrelated events connect several people: a young wounded soldier, a nurse, a failed comedian, and a murderer. The film starts literally wit...

The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element

1997

as Mugger

7.6
Acting

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

Assassin(s)

Assassin(s)

1997

as Max

6.3
Acting

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to...

Assassin(s)

Assassin(s)

1997

Director, Writer, Editor

6.3
Directing Writing

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to...

News from the Good Lord

News from the Good Lord

1996

7.2
Acting

When novelist Alessandro Battavia commits suicide, a taxi driver named Evangile and her brother Nord believe they are characters imagined in a novel, ...

A Self-Made Hero

A Self-Made Hero

1996

as Albert Dehousse

6.9
Acting

Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.

My Man

My Man

1996

as 1st client

5.8
Acting

In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or fla...

My Man

My Man

1996

Thanks

5.8

In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or fla...

La Haine

La Haine

1995

as Young Skin

8.1
Acting

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news ...

La Haine

La Haine

1995

Director, Editor, Screenplay

8.1
Directing Writing

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news ...

The City of Lost Children

The City of Lost Children

1995

as Man on the Street (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

See How They Fall

See How They Fall

1994

as Johnny

6.5
Acting

A middle-aged sales rep drops everything to track down the killers of his cop friend. Two years earlier, an older gambler forms an intense bond with a...

Elle voulait faire quelque chose

Elle voulait faire quelque chose

1994

Acting

Brigitte decides to shoot her first film during the weekend. She begins by covering her flat with 20 kilos of flour, buying a miniature helicopter, a ...

Putain de porte

Putain de porte

1994

5.0
Acting

Four young men try to gate crash a birthday party.

Métisse

Métisse

1993

as Felix

6.1
Acting

Lola is pregnant, and she isn’t sure who the father is: Félix, a Jewish delivery boy, or Jamal, a black law student.

Métisse

Métisse

1993

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

Lola is pregnant, and she isn’t sure who the father is: Félix, a Jewish delivery boy, or Jamal, a black law student.

White Nightmare

White Nightmare

1992

Director, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

Four racists plan to assault a local Arab man, but soon things get out of control.

Assassins...

Assassins...

1992

as Max

7.2
Acting

Tonight, young Max is learning how to be an assassin...

Assassins...

Assassins...

1992

Director, Writer

7.2
Directing Writing

Tonight, young Max is learning how to be an assassin...

Fierrot le pou

Fierrot le pou

1990

5.4
Acting

A young man shoots hoops in an empty gym. He misses constantly. At the other end of the court, a young woman arrives and starts warming up. She rarely...

Fierrot le pou

Fierrot le pou

1990

Director, Writer

5.4
Directing Writing

A young man shoots hoops in an empty gym. He misses constantly. At the other end of the court, a young woman arrives and starts warming up. She rarely...

Next Year If All Goes Well

Next Year If All Goes Well

1981

as le petit garcon

5.7
Acting

Isabelle and Maxime are a pair of lighthearted lovers -- that is, until Isabelle gets the itch for motherhood. When she confesses her desire for a chi...

Make Room for Tomorrow

Make Room for Tomorrow

1979

as Mathias Oppenheim

3.0
Acting

Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still a lady's man, waiting to hear from a woman to whom he...

The Way of the Wind

The Way of the Wind

N/A

Acting

A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.

Avant...mais après

Avant...mais après

N/A

as Vincent

Acting

Louis asks his friend Vincent for advice for his date with a girl. Vincent is funny, endearing and talks about things lightly. The end will certainly ...

The Big War

The Big War

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Two rabbits are searching for their families. On their journey, they experience adventures and find even more rabbits who join them in the fight again...