Costa-Gavras

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

52

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-02-12 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Loutra-Iraias, Greece

Costa-Gavras

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

  • Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Discorama

    Discorama

  • Clique

    Clique

  • Nulle part ailleurs

    Nulle part ailleurs

  • Beau geste

    Beau geste

  • The Méliès Mystery

    The Méliès Mystery

  • Le Cercle

    Le Cercle

  • Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

  • Burke & Hare

    Burke & Hare

  • Les Deux mémoires

    Les Deux mémoires

  • Henri Langlois vu par...

    Henri Langlois vu par...

  • Ain't Misbehavin

    Ain't Misbehavin

  • Affection to the People

    Affection to the People

  • A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé

    A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé

  • Critic

    Critic

  • The Extraordinary Voyage

    The Extraordinary Voyage

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • The Stupids

    The Stupids

  • Madame Rosa

    Madame Rosa

  • Spies Like Us

    Spies Like Us

  • Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

    Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

  • What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

  • Citizen Rosi

    Citizen Rosi

  • Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences

    Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences

  • Entangling Shadows

    Entangling Shadows

  • A Sore Spot

    A Sore Spot

  • They Saw Inferno

    They Saw Inferno

  • Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

    Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

  • Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

    Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

  • Resistencia Cultural

    Resistencia Cultural

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

    Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

  • Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis

    Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis

  • The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

    The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

  • Looking for Athènes

    Looking for Athènes

  • Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

    Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

  • Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française

    Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française

  • Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

    Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

  • My Story Is Not Yet Written

    My Story Is Not Yet Written

  • You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

    You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

  • The Legend of the Ugly King

    The Legend of the Ugly King

  • La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance

    La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance

  • Searching for Mr. Rugoff

    Searching for Mr. Rugoff

  • Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese

    Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese

  • Le Raconteur 2

    Le Raconteur 2

  • Jean Gabin, une âme française

    Jean Gabin, une âme française

  • Le Raconteur

    Le Raconteur

  • Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

    Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

  • Cinéma Jacques Perrin

    Cinéma Jacques Perrin

  • Rush - Voyage à Moscou

    Rush - Voyage à Moscou