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.
Le Bonheur des autres
(Director)
The Seven Deadly Sins
(Assistant Director)
Love and Anger
(Assistant Director)
M.M.M. 83
(Writer)
Contempt
(Assistant Director)
Bluebeard
(Assistant Director)
Alphaville
(Assistant Director)
Made in U.S.A
(Assistant Director)
Vivre Sa Vie
(Camera Operator)
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
(Assistant Director)
Chance at Love
(Writer)
La Chinoise
(Assistant Director)
The Carabineers
(Assistant Director)
The Oldest Profession
(Assistant Director)
Le Doulos
(Assistant Director)
The Last Man
(Writer)
Far from Vietnam
(Director of Photography)
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
(Assistant Director)
Paris Belongs to Us
(Director of Photography)
Fool's Mate
(Writer)
Fool's Mate
(Director of Photography)
Chance at Love
(Director)
Les baisers
(Director)
The Last Man
(Director)
Véronique and Her Dunce
(Director of Photography)
The Diversion
(Director of Photography)
Love at Twenty
(Assistant Camera)
Two Men in Manhattan
(Assistant Director)
Two Men in Manhattan
(Camera Operator)
The Good Girls
(Assistant Director)