Charles Bitsch and two classmates filming Les Trois rendez-vous

Charles Bitsch (on the right) with two classmates, Jacques Artus and Louis Chrétien, from the Louis Lumière School filming his graduation film, Les Trois rendez-vous (co-director Philippe de Broca) (1953).

Charles Bitsch’s
Filmography and Publications

compiled by Sally Shafto

Partial Filmography of Bitsch’s own films

1953 episode of Les Trois rendez-vous
1963 “Cher baiser”, sketch film in Les Baisers
1964 “Lucky la chance”, sketch film in La Chance et l’amour
1969 Le Dernier homme (feature; 82 mins)
1981 Le Marteau-piqueur (French television)
1985 L’Homme des couloirs (French television)
1989 “Pause-café” (French television series)
1989 La Traversée (French television; 85 mins)
1990 La Chignole (French television; 60 mins)
1990 Le Manoir des veuves (French television; episode of “Le Triplé gagnant”; 95 mins)
1990 Le Bonheur des autres (French television; episode of “V comme vengeance”; 90 mins)
1991 Jeux de vilains (French television)
1994 Le bel horizon (French television; 88 mins)

Bitsch’s Collaborations with New Wave Directors

Charles Bitsch and Jacques Rivette on the set of Le Coup du berger

Charles Bitsch (right) and Jacques Rivette on the set of Le Coup du berger.

1952 Le Divertissement (Jacques Rivette) – DOP
1956 Le Coup du berger (Rivette) – co-writer and DOP
1957 Véronique et son cancre (Eric Rohmer) – DOP
1958 Le Beau Serge (Claude Chabrol) – assistant director
1958 Paris nous appartient (Rivette) – DOP
1959 À Double tour (Chabrol) – assistant director
1960 Les Bonnes femmes (Chabrol) – assistant director
1961 “La Luxure”, sketch film by Jacques Demy in Les Sept péchés capitaux – assistant director
1962 “Antoine et Colette”, sketch film by François Truffaut in L’Amour à vingt ans – assistant cameraman
1962 Vivre sa Vie: film en douze tableaux (Jean-Luc Godard) – cameraman
1962 Landru (Chabrol) – assistant director and cameraman
1963 “Il Nuovo mondo”, sketch film by Godard in Ro.Go.Pa.G., assistant director
1963 Les Carabiniers (Godard) – assistant director
1963 Le Mépris (Godard) – assistant director
1963 “Le Grand escroc”, sketch film by Godard in Les plus belles escroqueries du monde – assistant director
1965 Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Godard) – assistant director
1966 Made in U.S.A. (Godard) – assistant director
1967 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle (Godard) – assistant director
1967 “Anticipation, ou l’amour en l’an 2000”, sketch film by Godard in Le Plus vieux métier du monde – assistant director
1967 La Chinoise (Godard) – assistant director
1967 “Camera-Eye”, sketch by Godard in Loin de Vietnam – assistant director
1969 “L’Amore”, sketch film by Godard in Amore e rabbia – assistant director

Bitsch’s Articles in Cahiers du Cinéma (1955-1959)

1955 June. “Naissance du CinémaScope”, No. 48, pp. 40-2.
1956 Feb. Multiple contributions to “Le Petit Journal du Cinéma”, No. 56, pp. 29, 30, 34-5.
1956 April. “Les Horizon nouveaux” [review of Cette sacrée gamine by Michel Boisrond], No. 58, pp. 44-5.
1956 May. “Un Film ottocratique” [review of The Man with the Golden Arm by Otto Preminger], No. 59, pp. 41-3.
1956 July. “[Richard] Brooks”, No. 61, p. 34.
1956 July. “Les Huns et les Autres” [review of Toute la ville accuse by Claude Boissol], No. 61, p. 44.
1956 Aug-Sept. “Rencontre avec Alfred Hitchcock” by C. Bitsch and F. Truffaut, No. 62, pp. 1-5.
1956 Oct. “Quine bourra!” [review of My Sister Eileen, aka Ma Sœur est du tonnerre, by Blake Edwards], No. 63, pp. 47-9.
1956 Nov. “Le G. I. Inconnu” [review of Attack by Robert Aldrich], No. 64, pp. 51-2.
1956 Nov. “Biofilmographie de Robert Aldrich”, No. 64, pp. 59-61.
1956 Dec. “Rencontre avec Joshua Logan” by C. Bitsch and J. Rivette, No. 65, pp. 3-11.
1956 Dec. “Biofilmogaphie de Carl Th. Dreyer”, No. 65, pp. 19-21.
1957 Jan. “Bio Filmographie d’Erich von Stroheim”, No. 67, pp. 57-9.
1957 March: “Entretien avec Anthony Mann”, by C. Bitsch and C. Chabrol, No. 69, pp. 2-19.
1957 Jan. “Biofilmographie de Max Ophuls”, by C. Bitsch and J. Rivette, No. 72, pp. 52-4.
1957 June “En attendant Zugspitze [review of The Incredible Shrinking Man by Jack Arnold], pp. 49-50.
1957 Aug.-Sept. “Entretien avec Vincente Minnelli”, by C. Bitsch and J. Domarchi, No. 74, pp. 4-18.
1958 June. “Entretien avec Orson Welles” by A. Bazin and C. Bitsch, No. 84, pp. 1-13.
1958 Mai. “L’Ennemi public No.1” [review of The Young Lions by Edward Dmytryk], No. 83, p. 59.
1958 July. “Rencontre avec Gene Kelly” by J. Rivette and C. Bitsch, No. 85, pp. 24-31.
1958 Sept. “Nouvel Entretien avec Orson Welles” by A. Bazin, C. Bitsch and J. Domarchi, No. 87, pp. 2-26.
1958 Nov. “Entretien avec Nicholas Ray”, No. 89, pp. 2-14.
1959 Feb. “Entretien avec Richard Brooks”, No. 92, pp. 4-23.
1959 Feb. “Alfred Hitchcock entre trois films”, No. 92, pp. 24-7.

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