Director
Costa-Gavras
Born February 12, 1933 in Loutra-Iraias, Greece
27 films
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..
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First watchZ19697.8A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
27 films as director- 2025Before What Comes AfterDirector
- 2019Adults in the RoomDirector
- 2014Henri Langlois vu par...Director
- 2012CapitalDirector
- 2009Eden Is WestDirector
- 2005The AxDirector
- 2003ParthénonDirector
- 2002Amen.Director
- 1997Mad CityDirector
- 1995Lumière & CompanyDirector
- 1995Concerning NiceDirector
- 1994Et avec la Lumière et la Mort sans cesseDirector
- 1993The Little ApocalypseDirector
- 1991Lest We ForgetDirector
- 1989Music BoxDirector
- 1988BetrayedDirector
- 1986Family BusinessDirector
- 1983Hanna K.Director
- 1982MissingDirector
- 1979WomanlightDirector
- 1975Special SectionDirector
- 1972State of SiegeDirector
- 1970The ConfessionDirector
- 1969ZDirector
- 1967Shock TroopsDirector
- 1965The Sleeping Car MurdersDirector
- 1958Les RatésDirector