Director

Costa-Gavras

February 12, 1933 · Loutra-Iraias, Greece

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. 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..

Notable work

6.2
Spies Like Us (1985)
as Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
7.8
Z (1969)
Director and Writer
6.1
Burke & Hare (2010)
as French Family
7.2
Missing (1982)
Director
7
Amen. (2002)
Director
6.2
Mad City (1997)
Director

Often works with

Yves Montand
5 titles together
Z, The Confession, State of Siege
Jacques Perrin
4 titles together
Z, The Sleeping Car Murders, Special Section
Ulrich Tukur
4 titles together
Amen., The Ax, Adults in the Room
Jean Bouise
3 titles together
Z, The Confession, Special Section
Gérard Darrieu
3 titles together
Z, The Confession, Shock Troops
Jean-Louis Trintignant
2 titles together
Z, The Sleeping Car Murders

Full filmography · 32

Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien
cast
2026
La scripte
as Lui-même
2026
Before What Comes After
Director
20255.9
Morceaux de Cannes
cast
2021
Adults in the Room
Director and Writer
20196.5
Capital
Director
20126.2
Burke & Hare
as French Family
20106.1
Eden Is West
Director and Writer
20096.2
The Ax
Director
20056.9
Parthénon
Director
2003
Amen.
Director
20027
Mad City
Director
19976.2