About Costa-Gavras
Konstantínos "Kostas" Gavrás, 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.
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Awards & Honors
honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University
European Film Academy Honorary Award
Honorary Lumière Award
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Golden Bear
Jury Prize
Palme d'Or
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Catalonia International Prize
Cannes Best Director Award
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
Honorary César
Louis Delluc Prize
Edgar Awards
César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation
National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film
London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year
Writers Guild of America Award
London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year
Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Officer of the National Order of Merit
United Nations Awards
