Costa-Gavras is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter and producer. Most of Gavras' films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in the English language.
Films YearEnglish titleDirectorWriterProducerOriginal title 1965 The Sleeping Car Murders Compartiment tueurs 1967 Shock Troops Un homme de trop 1969 Z Z 1970 The Confession L'Aveu 1972 State of Siege État de siège 1975 Special Section Section spéciale 1979 Womanlight Clair de femme 1982 Missing missing. 1983 Hanna K. Hanna K. 1986 Family Business Conseil de famille 1988 Betrayed Betrayed 1989 Music Box Music Box 1993 The Little Apocalypse La Petite Apocalypse 1997 Mad City Mad City 2002 Amen. Amen. 2005 The Ax Le Couperet 2006 The Colonel Mon colonel 2009 Eden Is West Eden à l'ouest 2012 Capital Le Capital 2019 Adults in the Room Ενήλικοι στην Αίθουσα 2024 Last Breath Le dernier souffle
Short films YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes 1958 Les Ratés 1991 Pour Kim Song-Man Part of Contre l'Oubli film compilation 1995 Lumière and Company Original title: Lumière et Compagnie À propos de Nice, la suite Segment: "Les Kankobals"
As a producer YearTitleNotes 1969 Ce n'est pas que le début Short documentary Credited as Kostas Gavras 1985 Tea in the Harem Also photographer 1989 Pleure pas my love 2016 I Still Hide to Smoke Uncredited
Additional credits Year Title Credit(s) 1960 Croesus Assistant director 1961 All the Gold in the World Assistant director 1962 A Monkey in Winter Assistant director 1963 Bay of Angels Assistant director The Day and the Hour Assistant director 1964 Joy House Assistant director Backfire Assistant director 1997 Mad City Songwriter: "Cliff's Theme Song" 2009 Home Advisor 2018 Les Bonnes Conditions Photographer The Other Side of the Wind Archival consultant 2019 Adults in the Room Editor
Acting appearances Year Title Role Notes 1971 On vous parle de Prague Himself Short documentary 1975 Special Section Militiaman Uncredited 1977 Madame Rosa Doctor Ramon 1985 Spies Like Us Tadzhik Highway Patrol 1996 The Stupids Gas Station Guy 2010 Burke & Hare French Family
See also List of awards and nominations received by Costa-Gavras
Sources
Costa-Gavras at UniFrance (in French) Costa-Gavras at AlloCiné (in French)