William Karel

William Karel (* 1940 in Tunisia ) is a Tunisian photographer , writer and director . Karel attended the " École de Photo " in Paris before immigrating to Israel . In Israel he lived in the kibbutz for 10 years , where he first worked as a cook and on a banana plantation.

In 1981 he went back to France, where he has been a photographer for over ten years. He later made various films for television as a writer and director. Among other things, Karel received the Emmy Award for his work , and in 2003 he received the Adolf Grimme Prize for his film Kubrick, Nixon and the man in the moon .

Filmography

Direction, unless otherwise stated, and screenplay

• 1992: Sabine - Director: Philippe Faucon
• 1994: Jamaica - IMF: death by installments (Le FMI en Jamaïque)
• 2002: Kubrick, Nixon and the Man in the Moon (Opération lune)
• 2004: The unstoppable descent of Senator McCarthy (Les derniers jours du sénateur Mc Carthy)
• 2006: The Judge's Death (La fille du juge)
• 2006: As Life Plays (Dans la vie) - Director: Philippe Faucon
• 2007: The agony of choice (Poison d'avril)
• 2008: Murder in the Empire State Building (Meurtres à l'Empire State Building)
• 2009: 1929 (1929, la crise) (TV series)
• 2011: In the realm of books: Gallimard (Gallimard, le roi lire)
• 2011: Philip Roth, without complaints (Philip Roth; sans complexe)
• 2011: Nicolas Sarkozy, a portrait (Looking for Nicolas Sarkozy)
• 2014–2015: The Truth About the Holocaust (Jusqu'au dernier: la destruction des juifs d'Europe) (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2015: François Mitterrand. An obituary (François Mitterrand: Que reste-t-il de nos amours?)

Web links

• Interview with Karel about his film "Kubrick, Nixon and the Man in the Moon"
• William Karel in the Internet Movie Database (English)