Costa-Gavras: Movies, Awards & Box Office
- films
- 5
- on screen
- 1969–2013
- box office
- $37.9M
- nominations
- 3
- Born
- February 12, 1933 (age 93)
- Birthplace
- Loutra Iraias, Greece
- Full name
- Konstantinos Gavras
- Citizenship
- Greek, French
- Occupations
- Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer
- Years active
- 1965-present
- Spouses
- Michèle Ray
- Children
- 3
The Best Costa-Gavras Movies
The films of Costa-Gavras that made the most at the worldwide box office, biggest first: Missing (1982) leads with $14M. The full ranking adds the most awarded films and the newest releases.
Costa-Gavras's Career in Numbers
Costa-Gavras's films in numbers — as a director, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Costa-Gavras works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Z (1969) to Capital (2013), and the 1960s were the busiest decade.
Costa-Gavras Movies by Decade
- 1960s 1
- 1980s 1
- 1990s 1
- 2000s 1
- 2010s 1
The 1960s were Costa-Gavras's busiest decade, with 1 films.
Costa-Gavras Movies by Genre
- Drama 4
- Biography 1
Drama is the genre Costa-Gavras has worked in most, with 4 films, ahead of biography (1).
Costa-Gavras Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Costa-Gavras is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Costa-Gavras: Awards & Nominations
3 nominations across 2 award bodies, from 1983 to 1983. Every ceremony is listed newest first, with the category and the film.
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Golden Globes 2 nominations -
BAFTA 1 nomination
- 36th British Academy Film Awards
- Costa-Gavras: Nominated Best Director Missing
- 40th Golden Globe Awards
- Costa-Gavras: Nominated Best Director Chan Is Missing
- Costa-Gavras: Nominated Best Screenplay Chan Is Missing
Who Is Costa-Gavras?
Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Greece in 1933 and is 93 years old. Credited on films since 1969, as a director. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
Konstantinos 'Kostas' Gavras, known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. Born on February 12, 1933, in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia, Greece, his family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. Unable to attend university in Greece due to his father's Communist Party membership, he settled in France and began studying literature at the Sorbonne in 1951. He abandoned his university studies in 1956 to study film at the French national film school, IDHEC. His first feature film was Compartiment Tueurs in 1965. Costa-Gavras is known for his political films, such as the political thriller Z (1969), which won an Academy Award, and Missing (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award. Costa-Gavras is known for merging controversial political issues with the entertainment value of commercial cinema. Subjects such as law and justice, oppression, legal/illegal violence, and torture are common in his work. He was president of the Cinémathèque Française from 1982 to 1987, and again since 2007.
Costa-Gavras: Questions & Answers
How many movies Costa-Gavras has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Costa-Gavras been in?
Costa-Gavras is credited on 5 films, from 1969 to 2013. All of them as a director. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Costa-Gavras's highest-grossing movie?
Missing (1982) is Costa-Gavras's biggest box office hit, with $14M worldwide, ahead of Mad City (1997) ($10.5M). Across every film with box office figures, Costa-Gavras's movies have made $37.9M.
Costa-Gavras's biggest hits Has Costa-Gavras won an Oscar?
Costa-Gavras has not been nominated for an Oscar. Across every ceremony in the awards database, Costa-Gavras has 0 wins from 3 nominations.
How old is Costa-Gavras?
Costa-Gavras is 93 years old, born on February 12, 1933 in Loutra Iraias, Greece.
What is Costa-Gavras's newest movie?
The most recent film on Costa-Gavras's filmography is Capital (2013), which Costa-Gavras directed.
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