Costa-Gavras
Konstantinos Gavras (born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France. He is best known for directing films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller “Z” (1969). Most of his movies were made in French, though starting with “Missing” (1982), several were made in English.
Known for
![Film: The Living Record of Our Memory](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qYNYmKHsxIRLL1dggyDoFaaprTn.jpg)
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
![Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qUG1SedXNpFfDWBJ0DljuwLMWiI.jpg)
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
![Romy: 40 ans après, ultimes confidences](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bIRNprwvlmLY1Sasgd7tHFniXMo.jpg)
Romy: 40 ans après, ultimes confidences
![A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cofalXr0M1cjPtQkhWGz4yL0h2X.jpg)
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
![Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rV7XlcRIhmdAgHxbI1qu2tFpDt2.jpg)
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
![Resistencia Cultural](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ioipVF51UiNxLu0LBK851A6F5Dd.jpg)
Resistencia Cultural
![The Méliès Mystery](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nAZAeE6O1i8NQbVV1GmjHiZoK3Q.jpg)
The Méliès Mystery
![Citizen Rosi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zMcUfRBXEHpwfc97qAK5x5Ya3ig.jpg)
Citizen Rosi
![Searching for Mr. Rugoff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xzLHtzyAYP2BbgRJktxMKMIObXx.jpg)
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
![Adults in the Room](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e3Cb5AkA5eDucPLlIEHzzVfzJcz.jpg)
Adults in the Room
![The Legend of the Ugly King](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6B92Ro3WhW0VCIuLLplL1MczxPe.jpg)
The Legend of the Ugly King
![A Sore Spot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/96YoZ7TF7XPYHDoIzbahsL2SCUj.jpg)
A Sore Spot
![I Still Hide to Smoke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mwzDHusFqeYnJQFyDvokJknpyQb.jpg)
I Still Hide to Smoke
![Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t9rNUKwymMLw1bo6eyrtSQbzZyp.jpg)
Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau
![Jean Gabin, une âme française](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iIPW5WKBnmk74jBZ6GbaN3BSkxt.jpg)
Jean Gabin, une âme française
![Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/c8YWTcuJmghNK4bQf9FuYCaBN4H.jpg)
Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese
![Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vtHKaAS0pCrOASSg6wGmKlkqghh.jpg)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
![Henri Langlois vu par...](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4TrDrBXQgYnlKMFx7tLMn2l7kuE.jpg)
Henri Langlois vu par...
![Looking for Athènes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bRgDrnPVXcZSDn1HRFwLbEfVzz1.jpg)
Looking for Athènes
![What Is Cinema?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sf2BBrRfPocWdUScRgpxbv9fXJH.jpg)
What Is Cinema?
![Affection to the People](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r6uF2tjkBpkv1ko2Lm4prCCNS33.jpg)
Affection to the People
![Capital](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3vUOc5i1nDaP4gmTQ9rpEsUJOUi.jpg)
Capital
![The Extraordinary Voyage](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zHNNT9gfiGsuadR6x38KYOp6ekq.jpg)
The Extraordinary Voyage
![Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8GekIspkGqh4Z9yawxFLQBsiy3S.jpg)
Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
![Burke & Hare](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gcSbKn6T4JGnaotGD91OMysDyEU.jpg)
Burke & Hare
![They Saw Inferno](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e3yiwRrh4srHwTPux1gIyBg7KkV.jpg)
They Saw Inferno
![Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m2r4RgTTDotGozJcxEOXxjTcmRs.jpg)
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
![Eden Is West](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tij0ItjV75Fa15rxX6tXUvIN3KC.jpg)
Eden Is West
![Crítico](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z1oavqX1H6TVjsz9nr8J9aAlL2F.jpg)
Crítico
![The Colonel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j7uzNau9xUsoNuYBNEytFsSSotA.jpg)
The Colonel
![The Ax](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v6upsNV9GWkSn0ODM8hFpvbQNJn.jpg)
The Ax
![Leçon de Cinéma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n2wipcEC9D889tV8x8QRboLVD8Y.jpg)
Leçon de Cinéma
![Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/utgGJDWivZTWrb9EnJatnKzLsPQ.jpg)
Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'
![Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e55bgW8V7GnaAidqtlKz6FZoHs.jpg)
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
![Amen.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3PEl3VbuMcZDMa1lUQGL4a7lMNI.jpg)
Amen.
![Vivement dimanche](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nRrrsDkH1kYgjvTpirkwMqZFjc5.jpg)
Vivement dimanche
![Entangling Shadows](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p8PMh9CgAp4XSe4FZPt6RwjzK3f.jpg)
Entangling Shadows
![Mad City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wXb9KGqxyrAHNygRRI1HW1BhcU.jpg)
Mad City
![The Stupids](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uR0EPkE66y2DU21NOZAu6xtfpQL.jpg)
The Stupids
![Lumière and Company](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bSQ394UJb2xjMfwucHiHxg8XR5f.jpg)
Lumière and Company
![Concerning Nice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8bpnyTSdpuZfJwW1a8L79qO8out.jpg)
Concerning Nice
![The Little Apocalypse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyaqviRctTfzd80E7KWKPJQjZnV.jpg)
The Little Apocalypse
![Against Oblivion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zq4ucoY2E6GuHWSDxYWhJNk1lMN.jpg)
Against Oblivion
![Rush - Voyage à Moscou](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bpS0CaxIijpF2n7LrBQC79VKXM2.jpg)
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
![Music Box](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AvBTmNSL84zhQLsG5wH76Fe2yPk.jpg)
Music Box
![Betrayed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eilzKLdafTPGZTq9BhHlsjM70JG.jpg)
Betrayed
![Nulle part ailleurs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xyCg14g3aoXnPHXTPcOLG7BbEdg.jpg)
Nulle part ailleurs
![Family Business](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vvfK0G7DLrY11sLJsUXnTV50MMJ.jpg)
Family Business
![Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/grCgZ4JKDN2toBMT2si54g7jNnu.jpg)
Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
![Spies Like Us](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s0Sx8nd9Irq0aCPbsN78s0DYVlG.jpg)
Spies Like Us
![Tea in the Harem](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ipXQTFF7tZsHntvwvEiK6X6571J.jpg)
Tea in the Harem
![Hanna K.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cBEpqJYvUYJ5FHG4BK5aZPyNHrw.jpg)
Hanna K.
![Missing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fAAhC4RkpXu7SJgIESWQwVxcelo.jpg)
Missing
![Womanlight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/c4sFPKiytQ8AFKqqbr1xSGuHwXM.jpg)
Womanlight
![Madame Rosa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o2yCU9XwakKnpD33D8TxenRSiNM.jpg)
Madame Rosa
![Mr. Klein](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i4m5jZSPFPtX1szRaiH2wES6AnD.jpg)
Mr. Klein
![Special Section](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rRko0kzrm3Z3o7saQA9kFo4fVo7.jpg)
Special Section
![Spécial cinéma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jONImBKU4sK9mBcK5cx7a4R4h5v.jpg)
Spécial cinéma
![Les Deux mémoires](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ne2CONGjEXbvoOOioTmFseWbnFW.jpg)
Les Deux mémoires
![State of Siege](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yEH5yjGFgcEmS36XhFzIblQF0fJ.jpg)
State of Siege
![You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dgzNADD9EN7wOL9mV6AVxiDojZ3.jpg)
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
![The Confession](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/boVQ8Qom5MoumDlHxQ9XwIh1wch.jpg)
The Confession
![Z](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dFAJyFNgvOv24f2RQyI9KDxjGr3.jpg)
Z
![Shock Troops](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zWYX0uluAvWJFHlRUF4hapENYtq.jpg)
Shock Troops
![The Sleeping Car Murder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1jSCnHdGpyd3hSb5HiAGDorBGNI.jpg)
The Sleeping Car Murder
![Backfire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cLojWssdCS3svE4BUv4vsofsnk4.jpg)
Backfire
![Joy House](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ejmE0meo3edkUEyOIzNaa3273dy.jpg)
Joy House
![The Day and the Hour](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5RRn8yfqpNH5uzO6zcrIo6pVwh4.jpg)
The Day and the Hour
![Bay of Angels](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7gMfVJur6DgujNyt1297GIGYMwJ.jpg)
Bay of Angels
![A Monkey in Winter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g0NxvdRRmuelSxc0NsmsgfZJrgi.jpg)
A Monkey in Winter
![Croesus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oZtWwlktvzdzA4dXe3SS5nn9SxP.jpg)
Croesus
![Discorama](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1SO2N3VgilTOOjjpNiFKBTqTEd0.jpg)
Discorama
![Les Ratés](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5uc39hP2B6ZMNh46JzlSH6QiBxr.jpg)
Les Ratés