Eric Mitchell

Biography

Eric Mitchell is a French born writer, director and actor who moved to New York City in the early 1970s. He has acted in films such Permanent Vacation by Jim Jarmusch, but he is best known for his writing and directing his own films.

Directed

1. Underground U.S.A. (1980) — Director
2. Kidnapped (1978) — Director
3. The Way It Is (1986) — Director
4. Red Italy (1979) — Director
5. Mass Homicide (1977) — Director
6. A Matter of Facts (1982) — Director
7. Bikers or Vanity in Leather (1978) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Permanent Vacation (1981) — Car Fence
2. For Sale (1998) — Le client
3. The Scenic Route (1978)
4. Blank City (2011) — Self
5. Candy Mountain (1988) — Gunther
6. I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (2005) — CIA Agent
7. The Foreigner (1978) — Max Menace
8. Rome '78 (1978) — Metellus
9. Unmade Beds (1976) — Paul Orsalino
10. Underground U.S.A. (1980) — Victor
11. Men in Orbit (1979) — Astronaut
12. Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole (1992) — Remy Gravelle
13. Kidnapped (1978)
14. Force of Circumstance (1990) — The Envoy
15. Last Cry (1988)
16. Red Italy (1979) — Gino
17. The Way It Is (1986) — The Undertaker
18. End of the Night (1990) — Joe Belinksy
19. The Long Island Four (1980)
20. Dreamland (1997) — Ross
21. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
22. The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies (1981) — Self
23. Only You (1981)
24. Snakewoman (1977)
25. Minus Zero (1979) — Signorelli
26. Sleepless Nights (1979)
27. Dear Jimmy (1978)
28. Bikers or Vanity in Leather (1978)
29. Snake Woman
30. Doomed and Famous (2025) — Guy Debord
31. Adios (2025)