Didier Kaminka

Didier Kaminka

1943-04-22 Paris, France 42 Credits

Biography

Didier Kaminka est un réalisateur, acteur, dialoguiste et scénariste français né le 22 avril 1943 à Paris.

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La DorMeuse Duval

La DorMeuse Duval

2017

as Le peintre

Acting

In a village by the Meuse river, located near the French-Belgian border, a factory storekeeper named Basile Matrin leads a dreary life with his wife, ...

Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien maintenant !

Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien maintenant !

2016

Writer

Writing
Je m'appelle Régine

Je m'appelle Régine

1996

as Joueur de cartes

1.0
Acting

This TV movie is adapted from the memoirs of the singer Régine, in which she recounts her youth and her beginnings in the music hall.

Ma femme me quitte

Ma femme me quitte

1996

Director

4.0
Directing

Joanna Martin, a mid-life journalist, is investigating a marriage agency organizing white marriages. She uses her sister's identity to infiltrate.

True Lies

True Lies

1994

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with ...

Low Profile

Low Profile

1993

Writer

5.2
Writing

A disillusioned police detective, used as a scapegoat by his corrupted superior, fights back by becoming a competent criminal.

À quoi tu penses-tu ?

À quoi tu penses-tu ?

1992

Director, Writer

10.0
Directing Writing

Because he only thinks about Karine, the wife of his best friend André, Pierre, a writer, can no longer write. The situation is all the more complex a...

The Jackpot!

The Jackpot!

1991

Writer

5.8
Writing

To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent...

Promotion canapé

Promotion canapé

1990

Director, Writer

5.1
Directing Writing

Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with their boss.

My New Partner II

My New Partner II

1990

Writer

6.0
Writing

The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always...

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

1989

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

Married to Jeremie, Marie wants desperately to have a child. She has a 20 year old daughter from a former marriage with the police commissioner. When ...

Tant qu'il y aura des femmes

Tant qu'il y aura des femmes

1987

Scenario Writer, Director

4.0
Writing Directing

Sam is a screenwriter, good at sorting out other people's stories but unable to organize his own life. He loves women with passion and there are too m...

Top Managers

Top Managers

1987

Writer

6.0
Writing

While his three former college friends - Thierry, Gérard and Francis have made successful careers for themselves in business, Daniel has yet to make t...

Yiddish Connection

Yiddish Connection

1986

Screenplay

8.0
Writing

Two middle-aged Jewish merchants plot to crack a safe with a clergyman and some neighbors in Paris.

I Love You

I Love You

1986

Writer

6.2
Writing

In another indictment of the flaws of our so-called civilization, this satire from the late director Marco Ferreri features Christopher Lambert as Mic...

Lien de parenté

Lien de parenté

1986

Writer

Writing

In this drama, the popular French film star of the '30s and '40s Jean Marais plays Victor, a disgruntled, cranky old man who is forced to come to term...

Les Rois du gag

Les Rois du gag

1985

as René

5.7
Acting

Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the littl...

I Believe in Santa Claus

I Believe in Santa Claus

1984

Writer

3.8
Writing

All Simon wants for Christmas is his parents (who are being held captive by an African warlord) back. So, he and another student stowaway on a flight ...

My New Partner

My New Partner

1984

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner ...

Pinot simple-flic

Pinot simple-flic

1984

as Le clochard

5.6
Acting

The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josya...

The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

1984

as André

4.7
Acting

Barbara marries Julien a charming and sexy man. Barbara's old flame Paul is highly suspicious of Julien. It seems Julien's previous two wives died und...

The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

1984

Screenplay

4.7
Writing

Barbara marries Julien a charming and sexy man. Barbara's old flame Paul is highly suspicious of Julien. It seems Julien's previous two wives died und...

Banzaï

Banzaï

1983

as Paul, le cousin de Michel

6.2
Acting

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. ...

Banzaï

Banzaï

1983

Dialogue

6.2

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. ...

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi

1983

Acting

Divorced parents are concerned about the behavior of their teenage son who is rebelling against society.

For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now

For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now

1982

Dialogue, Author, Adaptation

6.3
Writing

After getting screwed over by life (again), two losers decide that enough is enough. Using stolen ski masks and stolen toy guns, they take hostages in...

Keeping Everyone Up

Keeping Everyone Up

1982

as L'ami de Solange

4.9
Acting

A homeless street musician meets an attractive woman by chance and keeps following her until he persuades her to let him stay in her place.

The Under-Gifted In Vacation

The Under-Gifted In Vacation

1982

as le voisin de Memphis à Saint-Tropez

5.4
Acting

A group of friends are planning how to spend their summer vacation. One plans to go to the Seychelles with his American girlfriend. At the airport she...

The Under-Gifted In Vacation

The Under-Gifted In Vacation

1982

Writer

5.4
Writing

A group of friends are planning how to spend their summer vacation. One plans to go to the Seychelles with his American girlfriend. At the airport she...

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

1981

Writer

6.3
Writing

Guy is fired from is job, and asks to stay with his friend and his girlfriend in their apartment. The longer he stays, the more disaster he creates.

Le Garçon d’appartement

Le Garçon d’appartement

1980

as Michel

4.0
Acting

Yves is a young man too lazy to work encrusted in a young girl he met on the street and no longer wants to leave the apartment she is sharing with one...

Trop c'est trop

Trop c'est trop

1975

as Didier

5.7
Acting

Philippe, Didier, Georges and Edina were born on the same day. The three boys have always been in love with Edina, but she's always put them off. They...

Trop c'est trop

Trop c'est trop

1975

Director, Screenplay

5.7
Directing Writing

Philippe, Didier, Georges and Edina were born on the same day. The three boys have always been in love with Edina, but she's always put them off. They...

Un jour, la fête

Un jour, la fête

1975

as Samy

5.8
Acting

Michel returns from a trip. He meets up with his friends from the H.L.M. housing estate. Together, they have set up a meeting place. The developer has...

La grande Paulette

La grande Paulette

1974

Acting

This is an attempt to imitate the inimitable, Jacques Tati. Paulette is a life-size blow-up doll. Imagine the rest yourself.

La grande Paulette

La grande Paulette

1974

Writer

Writing

This is an attempt to imitate the inimitable, Jacques Tati. Paulette is a life-size blow-up doll. Imagine the rest yourself.

The Nada Gang

The Nada Gang

1974

as Meyer

6.1
Acting

Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his r...

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

1973

Writer

5.3
Writing

Pierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing. Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfa...

L'école sauvage

L'école sauvage

1973

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

In a school near Paris, a new experiment is being tried: to allow each child to express him or herself. In the smaller classes, group activities were ...

Un enfant dans la ville

1971

Acting

"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television, g...

La Lucarne magique

1971

as Un jeune

Acting
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus

Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus

1969

3.5
Acting

Alphonse flees to Paris to escape his wife's despotism. Intoxicated by the frenzied pace of Parisian life, he ruins himself completely. During a night...