Costa-Gavras

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.

Directed

1. Z (1969) — Director
2. Missing (1982) — Director
3. Amen. (2002) — Director
4. Mad City (1997) — Director
5. The Ax (2005) — Director
6. Music Box (1989) — Director
7. Capital (2012) — Director
8. The Confession (1970) — Director
9. Betrayed (1988) — Director
10. Adults in the Room (2019) — Director
11. State of Siege (1972) — Director
12. The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) — Director
13. Lumière & Company (1995) — Director
14. Eden Is West (2009) — Director
15. Special Section (1975) — Director
16. Shock Troops (1967) — Director
17. Family Business (1986) — Director
18. Hanna K. (1983) — Director
19. Womanlight (1979) — Director
20. Before What Comes After (2025) — Director
21. Concerning Nice (1995) — Director
22. The Little Apocalypse (1993) — Director
23. Lest We Forget (1991) — Director
24. Les Ratés (1958) — Director
25. Parthénon (2003) — Director
26. Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) — Director
27. Et avec la Lumière et la Mort sans cesse (1994) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Spies Like Us (1985) — Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
2. Burke & Hare (2010) — French Family
3. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009) — Self - Interviewee
4. The Stupids (1996) — Gas Station Attendant
5. The Extraordinary Voyage (2011) — Self - Filmmaker
6. Madame Rosa (1977) — Le docteur Ramon
7. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) — Self - Filmmaker
8. What Is Cinema? (2013) — Self
9. Critic (2008) — Self
10. The Méliès Mystery (2021) — Self
11. Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022) — Self
12. Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator (2003) — Self
13. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
14. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
15. The Legend of the Ugly King (2017) — Self
16. Citizen Rosi (2019) — Self
17. Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion (2022) — Self
18. You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London (1971) — Self - Interviewee
19. Cérémonie des César (1976) — Self - Presenter
20. Ain't Misbehavin (2013) — Self
21. Entangling Shadows (1998) — Self
22. Searching for Mr. Rugoff (2019) — Self
23. A Sore Spot (2017) — Self
24. Clique (2013) — Self - Guest
25. Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences (2022) — Self
26. Looking for Athènes (2013) — Self
27. Les Deux mémoires (1974) — Self
28. Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien (2026)
29. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
30. Le Raconteur 2 (2017) — Self
31. Le Raconteur (2016) — Self
32. Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère (2002) — Self
33. Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) — Self
34. Affection to the People (2013) — Self
35. My Story Is Not Yet Written (2017) — Self
36. Il était une fois... « La Haine » (2012) — Self - Producer
37. Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
38. Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément (2022) — Self
39. Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français (2026) — Self - filmmaker
40. Leçon de Cinéma (2004) — Self