Biography
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 . 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.. Description above from the Wikipedia article Costa-Gavras, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
all 95
Movies 87
self 52
Director 29
Producer 8
TV Shows 8
Writer 1
Director / Screenplay / Editor / Producer

Last Breath (2025)
Movie
Self

Beau geste (2023)
TV
Director / Writer / Screenplay / Editor

Adults in the Room (2019)
Movie
himself

Le Raconteur 2 (2017)
Movie
Producer

I Still Hide to Smoke (2017)
Movie
himself

Le Raconteur (2016)
Movie
Self - Filmmaker

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
Movie
Self / Director

Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)
Movie
Self - Guest

Clique (2013)
TV
Director / Screenplay

Capital (2012)
Movie
Self - Filmmaker

The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)
Movie
French Family

Burke & Hare (2010)
Movie
Self - Interviewee

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
Movie
Director / Writer / Producer

Eden Is West (2009)
Movie
Self

Critic (2008)
Movie
Story / Producer

The Colonel (2006)
Movie
Director / Screenplay

The Ax (2005)
Movie
Self / Presenter

Leçon de Cinéma (2004)
TV
Director

Parthénon (2003)
Movie
Screenplay / Director

Amen. (2002)
Movie
Director

Mad City (1997)
Movie
Gas Station Attendant

The Stupids (1996)
Movie
Director

Lumière & Company (1995)
Movie
Director

Concerning Nice (1995)
Movie
Director / Writer

The Little Apocalypse (1993)
Movie
Director

Against Oblivion (1991)
Movie
Producer

Delicatessen (1991)
Movie
5.33
Director

Music Box (1989)
Movie
Producer

Pleure Pas My Love (1989)
Movie
Director

Betrayed (1988)
Movie
Director / Screenplay

Family Business (1986)
Movie
Tadzhik Highway Patrolman

Spies Like Us (1985)
Movie
6.03
Producer

Tea in the Harem (1985)
Movie
Director / Writer

Hanna K. (1983)
Movie
Director / Screenplay

Missing (1982)
Movie
6
Director / Writer

Womanlight (1979)
Movie
Le docteur Ramon

Madame Rosa (1977)
Movie
Co-Writer

Mr. Klein (1976)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer

Special Section (1975)
Movie
Director / Scenario Writer

State of Siege (1972)
Movie
6
Self - Interviewee

You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London (1971)
Movie
Director

The Confession (1970)
Movie
Director / Writer

Z (1969)
Movie
6
Director / Writer

Shock Troops (1967)
Movie
Director / Writer

The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Movie
Assistant Director

Backfire (1964)
Movie
Assistant Director

Joy House (1964)
Movie
Assistant Director

The Day and the Hour (1963)
Movie
Assistant Director

Bay of Angels (1963)
Movie
Assistant Director

A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Movie
Assistant Director

Croesus (1960)
Movie
Self

Discorama (1959)
TV
Writer / Screenplay / Director

Les Ratés (1958)
Movie
Gallery







Information
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-02-12 (92 years old)
Birth Name
Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς
Birth Place
Iraia, Greece
Height
1.76-meter
Spouse
Michèle Ray-Gavras
Children
Alexandre Gavras, Romain Gavras, Julie Gavras
Citizenships
Greece,
Residences
Paris,
Also Known As
Costa Gavras, Κώστας Γαβράς, Constantin Costa-Gavras, Konstantínos Gavrás, 科斯塔·加夫拉斯, Kēsī tǎ·jiā fū lā sī, コスタ=ガヴラス, Kosuta = gavurasu, Konstantinos Gavras, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς, 코스타 가브라스, 코스타-가브라스, 코스타가브라스, 콘스탄틴 코스타 가브라스, 콘스탄티노스 가브라스
Awards
Catalonia International Prize, Palme d'Or, Golden Bear, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Jury Prize, honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University, European Film Academy Honorary Award, Cannes Best Director Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, Louis Delluc Prize, Edgar Awards, César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year, Writers Guild of America Award, London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year, Officer of the National Order of Merit, United Nations Awards, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
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