Costa-Gavras
Κώστας Γαβράς
Costa-Gavras is known for Spies Like Us (1985), Z (1969), Burke & Hare (2010).
Biography
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..
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Questions about Costa-Gavras
How many Costa-Gavras films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 72 films with Costa-Gavras, from 1965 to 2026.
What is the best rated Costa-Gavras film?
The best rated Costa-Gavras film in the catalogue is Z (1969), rated 7.8.
What was the first Costa-Gavras film?
The first Costa-Gavras film in the catalogue is The Sleeping Car Murders, from 1965.
Who has Costa-Gavras worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Costa-Gavras shares the most credits with Françoise Bonnot (6 films), Patrick Blossier (6 films) and Michèle Ray-Gavras (5 films).
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- Awards
- Honorary César (2025) · honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University (2022) · Honorary Lumière Award (2020) · Commander of the Legion of Honour (2019) · European Film Academy Honorary Award (2018) · Catalonia International Prize (2017) · honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (2016) · Officer of the Legion of Honour (2013) · César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation (2003) · Officer of the National Order of Merit (2000) · Golden Bear (1990) · Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (1983) · Writers Guild of America Award (1983) · Palme d'Or (1982) · London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year (1982) · London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year (1982) · Cannes Best Director Award (1975) · United Nations Awards (1974) · Louis Delluc Prize (1972) · Edgar Awards (1970) · Jury Prize (1969) · New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (1969) · National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1966) · Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral
- Nominations
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (2020) · César Award for Best Adaptation (2006) · César Award for Best Film (2003) · César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation (2003) · BAFTA Award for Best Direction (1983) · Golden Globe Award for Best Director (1982) · Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay (1982) · César Award for Best Director (1980) · United Nations Awards (1974) · Academy Award for Best Director (1970) · Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (1970) · BAFTA Award for Best Film (1970) · New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (1969) · National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director (1969) · Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film (1969) · National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay (1969)
Known for
Trivia
- Also works as
- film director · film producer · screenwriter · director
- Studied at
- Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
- Position held
- President of the Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival · president of the Cinémathèque Française
- Spouse
- Michèle Ray-Gavras
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
75 films — 72 in the catalogue
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7.0 Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien
2026
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La scripte
2026 · Lui-même
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5.0 Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
2026 · Self - filmmaker
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4.0 La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance
2025 · Self - President of the Cinémathèque Française
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The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
2025 · Self
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7.8 Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022 · Self
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7.0 Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
2022 · Self
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6.0 Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences
2022 · Self
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Hommage d’une fille à son père
2022 · Self
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10.0 Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément
2022 · Self
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6.0 Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021 · Self
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2.0 Morceaux de Cannes
2021
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Resistencia Cultural
2021 · Self
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6.9 The Méliès Mystery
2021 · Self
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7.8 Citizen Rosi
2019 · Self
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7.0 Searching for Mr. Rugoff
2019 · Self
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Cannes 1968, révolution au palais
2018 · Self
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7.3 A Sore Spot
2017 · Self
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7.0 The Legend of the Ugly King
2017 · Self
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5.0 Le Raconteur 2
2017 · Self
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10.0 My Story Is Not Yet Written
2017 · Self
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5.0
Le Raconteur
2016 · Self
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Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau
2016 · Self
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Jean Gabin, une âme française
2015 · Self
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Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese
2015 · Self
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Cinéma Jacques Perrin
2014 · Self
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6.5 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Filmmaker
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5.0 Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self
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6.5 Looking for Athènes
2013 · Self
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6.4 What Is Cinema?
2013 · Self
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6.2 Ain't Misbehavin
2013 · Self
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7.0 Στοργή στο λαό
2013 · Self
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Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
2012 · Self
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6.0 Il était une fois... « La Haine »
2012 · Self - Producer
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7.7 The Extraordinary Voyage
2011 · Self - Filmmaker
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Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
2011 · Self
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6.1 Burke & Hare
2010 · French Family
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They Saw Inferno
2010 · Self
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7.2 Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
2009 · Self - Interviewee
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7.9 Critic
2008 · Self
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6.7 Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator
2003 · Self
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7.0 Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
2002 · Self
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5.8 Entangling Shadows
1998 · Self
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4.8 The Stupids
1996 · Gas Station Attendant
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Rush - Voyage à Moscou
1990 · Self
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Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
1986 · Self
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6.2 Spies Like Us
1985 · Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
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6.7 Madame Rosa
1977 · Le docteur Ramon
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6.0 Les Deux mémoires
1974 · Self
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6.6 You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
1971 · Self - Interviewee
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6.5 Adults in the Room
2019
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6.2 Capital
2012
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6.8 The Colonel
2006
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6.9 The Ax
2005
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7.0 Amen.
2002
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6.2 Mad City
1997
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6.3 Lumière & Company
1995
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7.0 Lest We Forget
1991
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7.1 Music Box
1989
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6.1 Betrayed
1988
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6.3 Hanna K.
1983
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7.2 Missing
1982
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5.8 Womanlight
1979
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7.8 Z
1969
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5.9 Before What Comes After
2025
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6.2 Eden Is West
2009
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6.0 The Little Apocalypse
1993
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7.1 Special Section
1975
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7.2 State of Siege
1972
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7.4 The Confession
1970
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6.7 Shock Troops
1967
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6.9 The Sleeping Car Murders
1965
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4.9 Family Business
1986
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7.0 Tea in the Harem
1985
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6.9 I Still Hide to Smoke
2017
Series and TV shows
1 titles
People data: TMDb.
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