Mathieu Kassovitz

Kassovitz fascinates me precisely because he refuses to sit still in one role. Most people know him as an actor, but for my money his real signature is behind the camera. La Haine, made when he was barely thirty, captured the raw friction of the Paris suburbs with a fury few directors twice his age could muster, and the Lumiere wins for both Best Film and Best Director confirm it was no fluke. What I admire is the double vision of someone who both performs and directs: he instinctively knows where pain lives on screen. That dual fluency is rare, and he wields it without showing off.

Name (English)

Mathieu Kassovitz

Name (Japanese)

マチュー・カソヴィッツ

Reading

まちゅー・かそゔぃっつ

Born

August 3, 1967 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

Origin

8th arrondissement of Paris, France

Occupation

actor / film producer / film director / screenwriter / character actor

Awards & achievements

• 1995 Young European Film of the Year
• 1996 Lumière Award for Best Film
• 1996 Lumière Award for Best Director

• Official sitehttp://www.mathieukassovitz.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mathkasso/
• Xhttps://x.com/kassovitz1
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu%20Kassovitz
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491766

Tags

• actor
• film producer
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-18

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