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Costa Gavras

Costa-Gavras (Loutra-Iraias, Greece, 1933) started his career directing crime dramas and then shifted to political cinema to shine a critical light on the malpractices of dictatorships and their relations with major foreign powers. His political-themed masterpieces include: Un homme de trop (1967); Z (1969), nominated for two Academy Awards and winner of the Jury Award in Cannes; L’aveu (1970); État de siège (1972); and Section Spéciale (1975), which earned him Best Director in Cannes. His first Hollywood movie, Missing (1982), received a Golden Palm, an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He then directed a few more movies in the States, like Betrayed (1988); Music Box (1989), which won the Golden Bear; Amen. (2002), winner of the Berlinale Camera Award; and Eden à l’Ouest (2009).

FILMOGRAFIA

Compartiment tueurs (Vagone letto per assassini, 1965), Un homme de trop (Il 13° uomo, 1967), Z (Z , l’orgia del potere, 1969), L’aveu (La confessione, 1970), État de siège (L’amerikano, 1973), Section Spéciale (L’affare della sezione speciale, 1975), Claire de femme (Chiaro di donna, 1979), Missing (Missing - Scomparso, 1982), Hanna K. (id., 1983), Conseil de famille (Consiglio di famiglia, 1985), Betrayed (Betrayed - Tradita, 1988), Music Box (Music Box - Prova d’accusa, 1989), La petite apocalypse (La piccola apocalisse, 1992), Lumière et Cie (coregia/codirectors aa.vv., ep., cm, 1995), Mad City (Mad City - Assalto alla notizia, 1997), Amen. (id., 2002), Le Couperet (Cacciatore di teste, 2005), Eden à l’Ouest (Verso l’eden, 2009), Le capital (2012).