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Sign in to saveKonstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; 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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Costa-Gavras, born Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς on February 12, 1933, in Loutra-Iraias, Greece, is a film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He holds citizenship in France and Greece and resides in Paris. His native language is Greek, and he also speaks English, Modern Greek, French, and Spanish. He is married to Michèle Ray-Gavras and has three children: Alexandre Gavras, Julie Gavras, and Romain Gavras.
He studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques and began his work period in 1968. His accolades include the Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Writers Guild of America Award, an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and Edgar Awards. He has received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director. His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Cinémathèque Française, the Palme Dor collection, and the Golden Bear collection.
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Loutra-Iraias, Greece
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…
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- Loutra Iraias, Greece
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- Michèle Ray
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Wikidata facts
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- human
- Family name
- Costa
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Spouse
- Michèle Ray-Gavras
- Child
- Romain Gavras
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
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- Greek
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- Costa-Gavras César 2018.jpg
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- Paris
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- Costa-Gavras
- date of birth
- 1933-02-13
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
- birth name
- Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς
- pseudonym
- Costa-Gavras
- name in native language
- Κώστας Γαβράς
- archives at
- Cinémathèque Française
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- Category:Films directed by Costa Gavras
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- ethnic group
- Greeks
- political alignment
- left-wing
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14 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Early career
- Selected films
- Political-commercial film
- Issues and style
- Influences
- Legacy and influence
- Accolades
- Personal life
- Filmography
- Films
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; 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.
==Early life== Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War. His father's Communist Party membership made it impossible for Costa-Gavras to attend university in Greece or to be granted a visa to the United States, so after high school, he settled in France, where he began studying literature at the Sorbonne in 1951.
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