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Costa-Gavras

Born 1933-02-12

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

Z 1969 · 8.1 Missing 1982 · 7.7 Mad City 1997 · 6.3 Amen. 2002 · 7.2 Music Box 1989 · 7.4 Betrayed 1988 · 6.3 Adults in the Room 2019 · 6.0 State of Siege 1972 · 7.7 Capital 2012 · 6.5 The Confession 1970 · 7.8 Eden Is West 2009 · 6.8 The Sleeping Car Murder 1965 · 7.2 Madame Rosa 1977 · 7.2 Special Section 1975 · 7.6 I Still Hide to Smoke 2017 · 7.1 Hanna K. 1983 · 6.6 What Is Cinema? 2013 · 6.1 Film: The Living Record of Our Memory 2022 · 7.5 Searching for Mr. Rugoff 2019 · 7.0