Directing

Costa-Gavras

born 1933 · Directing

61.5avg grm
14titles
#225best rank
24honors
Zbest title · #225 on siteZ1969 · as Director79.8

Honors

24
1983Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
1982Palme d'Or
1990Golden Bear
2025Honorary César
2022honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University
Honors
  • 1983Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
  • 1982Palme d'Or
  • 1990Golden Bear
  • 2025Honorary César
  • 2022honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University
  • 2020Honorary Lumière Award
  • 2019Commander of the Legion of Honour
  • 2018European Film Academy Honorary Award
  • 2017Catalonia International Prize
  • 2016honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  • 2013Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • 2003César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation
  • 2000Officer of the National Order of Merit
  • 1983Writers Guild of America Award
  • 1982London Film Critics Circle Award — Film of the Year
  • 1982London Film Critics Circle Award — Director of the Year
  • 1975Cannes Best Director Award
  • 1974United Nations Awards
  • 1972Louis Delluc Prize
  • 1970Edgar Awards
  • 1969Jury Prize
  • 1969New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Director
  • 1966National Board of Review Award — Best Foreign Language Film
  • —Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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2010s3 titlesSSearching for Mr. Rugoff2019 · as Self58.5LThe Legend of the Ugly King2017 · as Self58.6EThe Extraordinary Voyage2011 · as Self58.3
2000s3 titlesCCrítico2008 · as Self58.5AThe Ax2005 · as Director55.6AAmen.2002 · as Director66.5
1980s2 titlesMMusic Box1989 · as Director56.8MMissing1982 · as Director75.8
1970s3 titlesSSpecial Section1975 · as Director58.9SState of Siege1972 · as Director60.1CThe Confession1970 · as Director61.0
1960s3 titlesZZ1969 · as Director79.8SShock Troops1967 · as Director56.9SThe Sleeping Car Murder1965 · as Director56.0

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Costa-Gavras

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born1933
known forDirecting
titles on site14
best title rank#225 · Z (1969)
avg GRM61.5
honors24 · Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, 1983
Honors
  • 1983Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
  • 1982Palme d'Or
  • 1990Golden Bear
  • 2025Honorary César
  • 2022honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University
  • 2020Honorary Lumière Award
  • 2019Commander of the Legion of Honour
  • 2018European Film Academy Honorary Award
  • 2017Catalonia International Prize
  • 2016honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  • 2013Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • 2003César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation
  • 2000Officer of the National Order of Merit
  • 1983Writers Guild of America Award
  • 1982London Film Critics Circle Award — Film of the Year
  • 1982London Film Critics Circle Award — Director of the Year
  • 1975Cannes Best Director Award
  • 1974United Nations Awards
  • 1972Louis Delluc Prize
  • 1970Edgar Awards
  • 1969Jury Prize
  • 1969New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Director
  • 1966National Board of Review Award — Best Foreign Language Film
  • —Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral
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.

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