Costa-Gavras

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

53

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

  • Beau geste

    Beau geste

  • The Stupids

    The Stupids

  • Critic

    Critic

  • Discorama

    Discorama

  • Spies Like Us

    Spies Like Us

  • Henri Langlois vu par...

    Henri Langlois vu par...

  • Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

    Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

  • Nulle part ailleurs

    Nulle part ailleurs

  • The Extraordinary Voyage

    The Extraordinary Voyage

  • Clique

    Clique

  • Citizen Rosi

    Citizen Rosi

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • Ain't Misbehavin

    Ain't Misbehavin

  • Le Cercle

    Le Cercle

  • Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

    Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

  • Les Deux mémoires

    Les Deux mémoires

  • Burke & Hare

    Burke & Hare

  • What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

  • Le Raconteur

    Le Raconteur

  • Cinéma Jacques Perrin

    Cinéma Jacques Perrin

  • Resistencia Cultural

    Resistencia Cultural

  • The Méliès Mystery

    The Méliès Mystery

  • Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

    Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

  • Madame Rosa

    Madame Rosa

  • Looking for Athènes

    Looking for Athènes

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Rush - Voyage à Moscou

    Rush - Voyage à Moscou

  • The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

    The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

  • Le Raconteur 2

    Le Raconteur 2

  • Searching for Mr. Rugoff

    Searching for Mr. Rugoff

  • They Saw Inferno

    They Saw Inferno

  • Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences

    Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences

  • Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

  • The Legend of the Ugly King

    The Legend of the Ugly King

  • Il était une fois... « La Haine »

    Il était une fois... « La Haine »

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

    Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

  • My Story Is Not Yet Written

    My Story Is Not Yet Written

  • Entangling Shadows

    Entangling Shadows

  • Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator

    Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator

  • Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese

    Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese

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

    A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé

  • Jean Gabin, une âme française

    Jean Gabin, une âme française

  • A Sore Spot

    A Sore Spot

  • Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis

    Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis

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

    You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

  • Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

    Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

  • Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

    Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

  • Affection to the People

    Affection to the People

  • Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française

    Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française

  • La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance

    La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance