Emmanuel Finkiel

Emmanuel Finkiel is a French film director and actor. Emmanuel Finkiel was born to a father who was born in France, whose parents and brother were rounded up in 1942 during the Vel d'Hiv roundup and then deported and killed in Auschwitz. His family came from Poland and one of his great-grandfathers was a rabbi. He began his career in 1979 as an assistant director to Jean-Luc Godard, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Bertrand Tavernier. He initially worked as an assistant director for 16 years.