
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1933-02-12
Place of Birth
Loutra-Iraias, Greece
Costa-Gavras
Biography
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

Spies Like Us
as Tadzhik Highway Patrolman

Burke & Hare
as French Family

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
as Self - Interviewee

The Stupids
as Gas Station Attendant

The Extraordinary Voyage
as Self - Filmmaker

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker

Madame Rosa
as Le docteur Ramon

What Is Cinema?
as Self

Critic
as Self

The Méliès Mystery
as Self