Awarded Honorary César (2025).
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Costa-Gavras
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras, 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 o…
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Born 12 February 1933 · Q296698
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
Variety: Oscar-Winning Director Costa-Gavras Teams With Playtime for ‘Last Breath’ Starring Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Rampling; First Still Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
Chicago Tribune: COSTA-GAVRAS IS SERIOUS ABOUT A MOVIE THAT`S FUN
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary Lumière Award (2020).
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Costa Gavras wrote the preface to the book Opération Condor, by French writer and journalist Pablo Daniel Magee
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (2019).
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded European Film Academy Honorary Award (2018).
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At the 31st European Film Awards in Seville, Spain, Wenders called him "One of the greatest filmmakers of our time
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Catalonia International Prize (2017).
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (2016).
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2013· 2 entries
Democracy Now: Taking on Capitalism, U.S. Torture & Dictatorships, Costa-Gavras on Decades of Political Filmmaking
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2013).
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2010· 1 entry
SFGate: Energy, faith of Costa-Gavras keeps 'Z' fresh
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2009· 1 entry
Costa-Gavras signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: president of the Cinémathèque Française (2007–2026).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation for Amen. (2003).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the National Order of Merit (2000).
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1990· 1 entry
Won Golden Bear for Music Box (1990).
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Writers Guild of America Award for Missing (1983).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for Missing (1983).
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1982· 5 entries
Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year for Missing (1982).
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Awarded Palme d'Or for Missing (1982).
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Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year for Missing (1982).
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Career landmark: president of the Cinémathèque Française (1982–1987).
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And based on the book The Execution of Charles Horman, concerns an American journalist, Charles Horman (played by John Shea in the film), who disappeared in the 1973 coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Best Director Award for Section spéciale (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded United Nations Awards for State of Siege (1974).
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Louis Delluc Prize for State of Siege (1972).
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded Edgar Awards for Z (1970).
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director for Z (1969).
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Awarded Jury Prize for Z (1969).
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Sleeping Car Murders (1966).
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1956· 1 entry
Abandoned his university studies to study film at the French national film school, IDHEC
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-02-12.
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