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.
Berlin Film Festival Awards
Golden Bear
National Board of Review Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Director
Known For
Mad City
(1997)
Director
Amen.
(2002)
Director
Missing
(1982)
Director
Z
(1969)
Director
Betrayed
(1988)
Director
Adults in the Room
(2019)
Director
Music Box
(1989)
Director
Joy House
(1964)
Assistant Director
Special Section
(1975)
Director
Bay of Angels
(1963)
Assistant Director
Capital
(2012)
Director
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Director
State of Siege
(1972)
Director
The Ax
(2005)
Director
The Confession
(1970)
Director
Shock Troops
(1967)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Les Ratés
(1958)
Director
Croesus
(1960)
Assistant Director
A Monkey in Winter
(1962)
Assistant Director
The Day and the Hour
(1963)
Assistant Director
Bay of Angels
(1963)
Assistant Director
Joy House
(1964)
Assistant Director
Backfire
(1964)
Assistant Director
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Director
Shock Troops
(1967)
Director
Z
(1969)
Director
The Confession
(1970)
Director
State of Siege
(1972)
Director
Special Section
(1975)
Director
Womanlight
(1979)
Director
Missing
(1982)
Director
Hanna K.
(1983)
Director
Family Business
(1986)
Director
Betrayed
(1988)
Director
Music Box
(1989)
Director
Against Oblivion
(1991)
Director
The Little Apocalypse
(1993)
Director
Et avec la Lumière et la Mort sans cesse
(1994)
Director
Lumière and Company
(1995)
Director
Concerning Nice
(1995)
Director
Mad City
(1997)
Director
Amen.
(2002)
Director
Parthénon
(2003)
Director
The Ax
(2005)
Director
Eden Is West
(2009)
Director
Capital
(2012)
Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
(2014)
Director
Adults in the Room
(2019)
Director
Acting
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
(1971)
Self - Interviewee
Les Deux mémoires
(1974)
Self
Madame Rosa
(1977)
Le docteur Ramon
Spies Like Us
(1985)
Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
(1986)
Himself
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
(1990)
Lui-même
The Stupids
(1996)
Gas Station Attendant
Entangling Shadows
(1998)
Self
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
(2002)
Self
Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'
(2003)
Self
Crítico
(2008)
Self
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
(2009)
Self - Interviewee
Burke & Hare
(2010)
French Family
They Saw Inferno
(2010)
Self
The Extraordinary Voyage
(2011)
Self - Filmmaker
Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
(2011)
Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
(2012)
Self
Ain't Misbehavin
(2013)
Self
Looking for Athènes
(2013)
Self
What Is Cinema?
(2013)
Self
Affection to the People
(2013)
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
(2014)
Self - Filmmaker
Henri Langlois vu par...
(2014)
Self
Cinéma Jacques Perrin
(2014)
Self
Jean Gabin, une âme française
(2015)
Self
Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese
(2015)
Self
Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau
(2016)
Self
Le Raconteur
(2016)
himself
A Sore Spot
(2017)
Self
Le Raconteur 2
(2017)
himself
The Legend of the Ugly King
(2018)
Self
Citizen Rosi
(2019)
Self
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
(2019)
Self
The Méliès Mystery
(2021)
Lui-même
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
(2021)
Self
Resistencia Cultural
(2021)
Himself
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
(2022)
Self
Romy: 40 ans après, ultimes confidences
(2022)
Self
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
(2022)
Self
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
(2022)
Self
Writing
Les Ratés
(1958)
Writer and Screenplay
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Writer
Shock Troops
(1967)
Writer
Z
(1969)
Writer
State of Siege
(1972)
Scenario Writer
Special Section
(1975)
Writer
Mr. Klein
(1976)
Co-Writer
Womanlight
(1979)
Writer
Missing
(1982)
Screenplay
Hanna K.
(1983)
Writer
Family Business
(1986)
Screenplay
Amen.
(2002)
Screenplay
The Ax
(2005)
Screenplay
The Colonel
(2006)
Story
Eden Is West
(2009)
Writer
Capital
(2012)
Screenplay
Adults in the Room
(2019)
Writer and Screenplay
Production
Special Section
(1975)
Producer
Tea in the Harem
(1985)
Producer
The Colonel
(2006)
Producer
Eden Is West
(2009)
Producer
I Still Hide to Smoke
(2017)
Producer
Editing