Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras

Known for Directing · 58 credits

Born
1933-02-12 (age 93)
Place of birth
Loutra-Iraias, Greece
Also known as
Costa Gavras · Κώστας Γαβράς · Constantin Costa-Gavras · Konstantínos Gavrás · 科斯塔·加夫拉斯 · Kēsī tǎ·jiā fū lā sī

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..

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Known For

TV Shows (9)

Movies (49)

Spies Like Us
Movie

Spies Like Us

1985

as Tadzhik Highway Patrolman

The Stupids
Movie

The Stupids

1996

as Gas Station Attendant

Burke & Hare
Movie

Burke & Hare

2010

as French Family

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

as Self - Filmmaker

Critic
Movie

Critic

2008

as Self

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Movie

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

2009

as Self - Interviewee

The Extraordinary Voyage
Movie

The Extraordinary Voyage

2011

as Self - Filmmaker

Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
Movie

Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

2022

as Self

Henri Langlois vu par...
Movie

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014

as Self

Madame Rosa
Movie

Madame Rosa

1977

as Le docteur Ramon

Morceaux de Cannes
Movie

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Movie

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

2022

as Self

What Is Cinema?
Movie

What Is Cinema?

2013

as Self

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
Movie

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

2025

as Self

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

You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

1971

as Self - Interviewee

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Movie

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

2021

as Self

Il était une fois... « La Haine »
Movie

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

2012

as Self - Producer

The Legend of the Ugly King
Movie

The Legend of the Ugly King

2017

as Self

Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences
Movie

Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences

2022

as Self

The Méliès Mystery
Movie

The Méliès Mystery

2021

as Self

Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Movie

Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

2002

as Self

Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien
Movie

Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien

2026

Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
Movie

Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis

2012

as Self

They Saw Inferno
Movie

They Saw Inferno

2010

as Self

Les Deux mémoires
Movie

Les Deux mémoires

1974

as Self

Citizen Rosi
Movie

Citizen Rosi

2019

as Self

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
Movie

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

2011

as Self

Entangling Shadows
Movie

Entangling Shadows

1998

as Self

Searching for Mr. Rugoff
Movie

Searching for Mr. Rugoff

2019

as Self

Ain't Misbehavin
Movie

Ain't Misbehavin

2013

as Self

Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
Movie

Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française

1986

as Self

Affection to the People
Movie

Affection to the People

2013

as Self

Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator
Movie

Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator

2003

as Self

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

A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé

2022

as Self

My Story Is Not Yet Written
Movie

My Story Is Not Yet Written

2017

as Self

Resistencia Cultural
Movie

Resistencia Cultural

2021

as Self

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau
Movie

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

2016

as Self

Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese
Movie

Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese

2015

as Self

Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
Movie

Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français

2026

as Self - filmmaker

Rush - Voyage à Moscou
Movie

Rush - Voyage à Moscou

1990

as Self

Cannes 1968, révolution au palais
Movie

Cannes 1968, révolution au palais

2018

as Self

Cinéma Jacques Perrin
Movie

Cinéma Jacques Perrin

2014

as Self

Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément
Movie

Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément

2022

as Self

Le Raconteur 2
Movie

Le Raconteur 2

2017

as Self

A Sore Spot
Movie

A Sore Spot

2017

as Self

La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance
Movie

La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance

2025

as Self - President of the Cinémathèque Française

Jean Gabin, une âme française
Movie

Jean Gabin, une âme française

2015

as Self

Looking for Athènes
Movie

Looking for Athènes

2013

as Self

Le Raconteur
Movie

Le Raconteur

2016

as Self

About Costa-Gavras

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..… With 58 credits spanning from 1959 to 2026, Costa-Gavras has appeared in 49 films and 9 TV shows.

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