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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 France.
Costa-Gavras is a Greek-born director and writer of political thrillers, such as Z, Missing and Amen. He has won an Oscar and many other awards for his work. See his full biography, filmography, photos, videos and trivia on IMDb.
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- Loutra-Iraias, Greece
Costa-Gavras filmography. Costa-Gavras is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter and producer. Most of Gavras' films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in the English language.
Costa-Gavras (born February 12, 1933, Loutra-Iraias, Greece) is a Greek-born naturalized French motion-picture director noted for films that have been both political arguments and entertainments (usually as mysteries or thrillers).
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Z is a 1969 political thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jorge Semprún, adapted from the 1967 novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963.
A pulse-pounding political thriller, Greek expatriate director Costa-Gavras’s Z was one of the cinematic sensations of the late sixties, and remains among the most vital dispatches from that hallowed era of filmmaking.
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6 days ago · Costa-Gavras shot Missing in Mexico, which convincingly stands in for a city overrun by soldiers and characterised by fear. In a memorable scene, soldiers randomly shoot at a galloping horse.
