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William Karel

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  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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William Karel was born in Tunisia, studied in Paris before emigrating to Israel, where he lived for 10 years in a kibbutz. In 1981 he returned to France working for over 10 years as a photographer before concentrating on writing and directing. In 1995, he received an Emmy Award for his documentary J.F. Kennedy. He has written and directed many successful documentaries including Dark Side of the Moon and CIA's secret wars.
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La fille du juge (2006)
La fille du juge
6.7
  • Director
  • 2006
Histoire d'une droite extrême (1999)
Histoire d'une droite extrême
4.7
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1999
Contre l'oubli (1995)
Contre l'oubli
4.8
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1995
The World According to Bush (2004)
The World According to Bush
7.9
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 2004

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Director

  • Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021)
    Sous le soleil de Pialat
  • Close Up (1994)
    Close Up
  • La mort en face, le pogrom de Iasi (2020)
    La mort en face, le pogrom de Iasi
  • Salman Rushdie in Salman Rushdie: Death on a trail (2019)
    Salman Rushdie: Death on a trail
  • Une terre deux fois promise: Israël-Palestine (2018)
    Une terre deux fois promise: Israël-Palestine
  • Histoires d'Israël (2018)
    Histoires d'Israël
  • Notre histoire est politique (2016)
    Notre histoire est politique
  • Hillary: A Woman on the Edge (2016)
    Hillary: A Woman on the Edge
  • After the Holocaust
    • (directed by)
  • François Mitterrand: Que reste-t-il de nos amours?
  • Annihilation (2014)
    Annihilation
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
  • Philip Roth: Unmasked (2013)
    Philip Roth: Unmasked
  • Infrarouge (2006)
    Infrarouge
  • Opération lune (2002)
    Les mercredis de l'histoire

Writer

  • Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021)
    Sous le soleil de Pialat
  • La mort en face, le pogrom de Iasi (2020)
    La mort en face, le pogrom de Iasi
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
  • Philip Roth: Unmasked (2013)
    Philip Roth: Unmasked
  • Infrarouge (2006)
    Infrarouge
  • Roth on Roth (2011)
    Roth on Roth
  • Gallimard, le roi lire
  • 1929, la crise (2009)
    1929, la crise
  • Opération lune (2002)
    Les mercredis de l'histoire
  • Empire State Building Murders (2008)
    Empire State Building Murders
  • Dans la vie (2007)
    Dans la vie
  • Poison d'avril
  • The World According to Bush (2004)
    The World According to Bush
  • Hollywood
  • Grossesse nerveuse (1993)
    Les mercredis de la vie

Cinematographer

  • Hollywood

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    • 1940
    • Tunisia

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    He's known for making critical documentaries about US politics etc.

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