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Costa Gavras

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Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and social themes, such as the political thrillers, Z (1969), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Missing (1982), for which he won Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in English.

His film, Z, was the first film—and still one of only few—to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.

Source: Wikidata , May 2022

Credits

Born
1 Jan 1933
Production Places
France

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

17226

Wikidata

Q296698

VIAF

73823623

LOC Auth

n82161723

WorldCat

lccn-n82161723

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