The French actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz is in a "worrying" situation after a motorcycle crash on Sunday. 

The 56-year-old was "seriously injured" within the accident on a motorbike coaching course in higher Paris, in response to native media.

He was getting ready for a task in an upcoming movie when he crashed, struggling a fractured pelvis and head trauma, Le Parisien reported.

One of his daughters was behind him on a motorcycle when the incident occurred, the newspaper additionally stated. She was not damage.

Mr Kassovitz was taken to Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital, BFMTV reported.

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The actor and director is finest identified for his 1995 movie La Haine, which he wrote and starred in.

He can also be identified for his work on Amélie, The Bureau and The Crimson Rivers.

In his most up-to-date movie Visions, which premiered two weeks in the past, he performs the husband of Diane Kruger, a pilot who begins an affair along with her ex-girlfriend.