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Costa-Gavras

1933 - Today

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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.. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Costa-Gavras is the 114th most popular film director (down from 81st in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Greece (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Film Director.

Costa-gavras is most famous for his political films, most notably "Z," which tells the story of a military coup in Greece, and "Missing," which tells the story of the CIA's involvement in the disappearance of a U.S. citizen.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Costa-Gavras ranks 114 out of 2,041. Before him are Edwin S. Porter, George Cukor, Robert Altman, Walter Hill, Mel Brooks, and Satyajit Ray. After him are John Woo, Jules Dassin, William Hanna, Wes Craven, Michael Curtiz, and Sam Peckinpah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Costa-Gavras ranks 42. Before him are Quincy Jones, Edmund Phelps, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Robert Curl, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and Jerry Falwell. After him are Joan Collins, Ilia II of Georgia, Rik Van Looy, Bernardo Provenzano, Samora Machel, and John Hopfield.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Costa-Gavras ranks 191 out of 1,024. Before him are Jerry Falwell (1933), Xanthippus (-590), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), and Thaïs (-400). After him are Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Herodes Atticus (101), Aenesidemus (-80), Cleobulus (-590), Meton of Athens (-500), and Thespis (-600).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Greece

Among film directors born in Greece, Costa-Gavras ranks 2. Before him are Theo Angelopoulos (1935). After him are Şerif Gören (1944), Yorgos Lanthimos (1973), Nikos Koundouros (1926), Athina Rachel Tsangari (1966), and Phedon Papamichael (1962).

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