Costa-Gavras

Director
Writer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.

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Capital (2012)

Costa-Gavras was born on 13 February 1933 in Loutra-Iraias, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for Z (1969), Missing (1982) and Amen. (2002). He has been married to Michèle Ray-Gavras since 1968. They have two children.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 40 wins & 39 nominations total

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Known for

8.1

Director

1969

Missing

7.7

Director

1982

Amen.

7.2

Director

2002

The Ax

7.3

Director

2005

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Director

Le dernier souffle
6.7
- Director
- 2024
Adults in the Room
6.0
- Director
- 2019
Henri Langlois vu par...
4.0
Short
- Director
- 2014
Capital
6.5
- Director
- 2012
Eden Is West
6.8
- Director
- 2009
The Ax
7.3
- Director
- 2005
Amen.
7.2
- Director
- 2002
Mad City
6.3
- Director
- 1997
...kai me fos kai me thanaton akatapafstos.
Video
- Director (as Kostas Gavras)
- 1995
Lumière and Company
6.9
- Director
- 1995
À propos de Nice, la suite
5.7
- Director (segment "Les Kankobals")
- 1995
The Little Apocalypse
6.0
- Director
- 1993
Lest We Forget
5.9
- Director (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud", as Costa Gavras)
- 1991
Music Box
7.4
- Director
- 1989
Betrayed
6.4
- Director
- 1988

Writer

Le dernier souffle
6.7
- screenplay
- 2024
Adults in the Room
6.0
- screenplay
- 2019
Capital
6.5
- screenplay
- 2012
Eden Is West
6.8
- writer
- 2009
Mon colonel
7.0
- story
- 2006
The Ax
7.3
- screenplay
- 2005
Amen.
7.2
- Writer
- 2002
The Little Apocalypse
6.0
- writer
- 1993
Family Council
5.3
- scenario
- 1986
Hanna K.
6.6
- original scenario
- 1983
Missing
7.7
- screenplay
- 1982
Womanlight
6.4
- writer
- 1979
Mr. Klein
7.5
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1976
Special Section
7.6
- Writer
- 1975
State of Siege
7.7
- original scenario
- 1972

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Backfire!
6.2
- assistant director
- 1964
Joy House
7.0
- assistant director
- 1964
Banana Peel
6.0
- assistant director
- 1963
The Day and the Hour
6.6
- assistant director
- 1963
Bay of Angels
7.2
- assistant director (as Costa Gavras)
- 1963
A Monkey in Winter
7.4
- second assistant director (as Constantin Gavras)
- 1962
Tout l'or du monde
6.1
- assistant director
- 1961
Crésus
6.2
- assistant director
- 1960
Monsieur Robinson Crusoe
3.5
- assistant director
- 1960

Videos1

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Capital

Personal details

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Official sites
- Foundation
- France's national library catalogue
Alternative names
- Constantin Costa-Gavras
Born
- February 13, 1933
- Loutra-Iraias, Greece
Spouse
- Michèle Ray-Gavras1968 - present (2 children)
Children
Relatives
Other works
Book: "Va où il est impossible d'aller: Mémoires". Paris: Seuil. ISBN 9782021393897
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Trivia
When asked why he never chose the documentary style, when his stories seem so much like documentaries, he explained he found documentaries too difficult compared to fiction.

Quotes
I made Z (1969), first, because I am Greek-born. Secondly, because I felt I would like to do something. Some people sign petitions, others go to the streets - I do something as a filmmaker.