Biography
Costa-Gavras studied Literature at the Sorbonne and Filmmaking at the IDHEC. After graduating, he worked as an assistant to directors including René Clair, René Clement, Jacques Demy, Marcel Ophüls and Jean Becker. In 1965 he directed his first feature film, Compartiment Tueurs (The Sleeping Car Murders). Outstanding among his politically committed films are Z (1969), winner of the Best Film in a Foreign Language and Best Editing Academy Awards and of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Missing (1981), Best Screenplay Academy Award and Golden Palm at Cannes, Music Box (1989), Golden Bear at Berlin, and Amen (2002), César for Best Screenplay. In 2012 he competed in San Sebastian Festival’s Official Selection with Le capital (Capital). He has been the president of the Cinémathèque Française since 2007.
Festival de San Sebastián
Director
Movies | |
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2025 |
Last Breath |
2019 |
Conversations entre adultes |
2012 |
Capital |
2009 |
Eden Is West |
2005 |
Le Couperet |
2002 |
Amen. |
1997 |
Mad City |
1993 |
The Little Apocalypse |
1991 |
Lest We Forget |
1989 |
Music Box |
1988 |
Betrayed |
1986 |
Family Council |
1983 |
Hanna K. |
1982 |
Missing |
1979 |
Womanlight |
1975 |
Special Section |
1972 |
State of Siege |
1970 |
The Confession |
1969 |
Z |
1967 |
Shock Troops |
1965 |
The Sleeping Car Murders |
Documentaries | |
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2007 |
Let them grow up here |
1995 |
Lumière and Company |
À propos de Nice, la suite |
Short | |
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2014 |
Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg |
2010 |
We Work Here, We Live Here, We Stay Here! |
1958 |
Les Ratés |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2025 |
Last Breath |
2019 |
Conversations entre adultes |
2012 |
Capital |
2009 |
Eden Is West |
2005 |
Le Couperet |
2002 |
Amen. |
1993 |
The Little Apocalypse |
1986 |
Family Council |
1983 |
Hanna K. - original screenplay |
1982 |
Missing |
1979 |
Womanlight |
1976 |
Monsieur Klein |
1975 |
Special Section |
1972 |
State of Siege - original screenplay |
1969 |
Z |
1967 |
Shock Troops |
1965 |
The Sleeping Car Murders |
Short | |
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1958 |
Les Ratés |
Actor
Movies | |
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2010 |
Burke and Hare |
1996 |
The Stupids |
1985 |
Spies Like Us |
1977 |
Madame Rosa |
1975 |
Special Section |
Documentaries | |
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2021 |
Cinéma, Archive Vivant de Notre Mémoire |
Hollywood Maudit : La porte du paradis (TV movie) |
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Morceaux de Cannes (TV movie) - a.f. |
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2020 |
Hollywood maudit (series) |
The Méliès Mystery (TV movie) |
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2019 |
Citizen Rosi |
Searching for Mr. Rugoff |
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2018 |
Dedo na Ferida |
The Legend of the Ugly King |
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2016 |
Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau (TV movie) |
2015 |
Belmondo par Belmondo (TV movie) |
2014 |
Chaplin Behind the Mask (TV movie) |
Le Chercheur inquiet (TV movie) |
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2013 |
What Is Cinema? |
2012 |
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis (TV movie) |
2011 |
The Extraordinary Voyage |
Un jour, une histoire (series) |
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2010 |
Sodankylä ikuisesti (series) |
2009 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno |
2008 |
40 x 15 |
2005 |
L'Hebdo cinéma (series) |
2003 |
Chaplin Today : The Great Dictator (TV movie) |
Il était une fois... (series) |
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2002 |
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère (TV movie) |
1998 |
Entangling Shadows |
1990 |
Rush - Voyage à Moscou - a.f. |
1974 |
Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (series) |
Les Deux Mémoires |
Short | |
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1971 |
On vous parle de Prague : Le deuxième procès d'Artur London |
Performer
Shows | |
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2019 |
Clique dimanche |
2012 |
The Seventh Art |
2009 |
La Traversée du miroir |
2008 |
L'Objet du scandale |
2007 |
Rencontres de cinéma |
Un jour, un destin |
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2000 |
L'Invité |
Vie privée, vie publique |
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1996 |
Continuarà... |
Thé ou café |
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1984 |
Cinema 3 |
1982 |
De película |
1981 |
7 sur 7 |
1976 |
La Nuit des Césars |
1967 |
Apropos Film |
Producer
Movies | |
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2025 |
Last Breath |
Editor
Movies | |
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2025 |
Last Breath |
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