How do I filter contacts by account parameters?

How do I filter contacts by account parameters?

Need to filter a contact view according to account parameter, eg account type.

Without this filter users are overwhelmed with irrelevant contacts.

Workaround is to create a custom 'Contact Type' field but this unbearable duplicity as the information already exist in the account record

In mass update I can select contacts by account parameters, must have this ablity in 'views'
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