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Costa-Gavras

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Biography

Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thriller Z (1969), which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Missing (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French, but six have been in English, including Hanna K.. Description above from the Wikipedia article Costa-Gavras, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

2022

The Legend of the Ugly King

The Legend of the Ugly King

2017

Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis

Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis

2012

The Extraordinary Voyage

The Extraordinary Voyage

2011

Rush - Voyage à Moscou

Rush - Voyage à Moscou

1990

Ain't Misbehavin

Ain't Misbehavin

2013

Cinéma Jacques Perrin

Cinéma Jacques Perrin

2014

Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences

Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences

2022

A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé

A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé

2022

Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française

Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française

1986

Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator

Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator

2003

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

2011

Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

2022

Resistencia Cultural

Resistencia Cultural

2021

Le Raconteur 2

Le Raconteur 2

2017

Le Raconteur

Le Raconteur

2016

Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

2002

Looking for Athènes

Looking for Athènes

2013

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

2013

Entangling Shadows

Entangling Shadows

1998

The Stupids

The Stupids

1996

Les Deux mémoires

Les Deux mémoires

1974

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

2016

Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

1985

You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

1971

A Sore Spot

A Sore Spot

2017

Jean Gabin, une âme française

Jean Gabin, une âme française

2015

Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare

2010

Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese

2015

Critic

Critic

2008

Citizen Rosi

Citizen Rosi

2019

Searching for Mr. Rugoff

Searching for Mr. Rugoff

2019

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

2009

They Saw Inferno

They Saw Inferno

2010

Henri Langlois vu par...

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014

The Méliès Mystery

The Méliès Mystery

2021

Affection to the People

Affection to the People

2013

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

2021

Madame Rosa

Madame Rosa

1977

My Story Is Not Yet Written

My Story Is Not Yet Written

2017

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

2025

La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance

La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance

2025

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

2012

Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien

Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien

Morceaux de Cannes

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Nulle part ailleurs

Nulle part ailleurs

1987

Leçon de Cinéma

Leçon de Cinéma

2004

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974

Discorama

Discorama

1959

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

1998

Beau geste

Beau geste

2023

Clique

Clique

2013

Le Cercle

Le Cercle

2005

Leçon de Cinéma

Leçon de Cinéma

2004

Cérémonie des César

Cérémonie des César

1976