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   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.

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   Costa-Gavras was born on 12 February 1933 in Loutra-Iraias, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for Z (1969), Missing (1982) and Amen. (2002). He has been married to Michèle Ray-Gavras since 1968.

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4. www.commentary.org › articles › richard-grenierThe Curious Career of Costa-Gavras - Commentary Magazine

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   Costa-Gavras, the son, feeling his future in Greece blighted, applied for an immigration visa to the United States, but it was refused. He arrived in France in 1952, and began a new life, reading Marx and Lenin like “forbidden fruit,” he told the New York Times.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Z_(1969_film)Z (1969 film) - Wikipedia

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   Z is a 1969 political thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jorge Semprún, adapted from the 1967 novel by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963.

7. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-newsMissing, Z Director Costa-Gavras to Receive Lifetime Cesar Honor

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   Oct 8, 2024 · The French Film Academy will honor legendary political filmmaker Costa-Gavras with its lifetime achievement award at the upcoming 2025 César Awards.

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   Z is a film by Greek expatriate director Costa-Gavras, based on the 1963 assassination of Greek left-wing activist Gregoris Lambrakis. It stars Yves Montand as a politician and Jean-Louis Trintignant as a magistrate who investigates the cover-up of his murder.

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   Who is Konstantinos Gavras?

   • Konstantinos Gavras (born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France. He is best known for directing films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller “Z” (1969).

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   What is Costa-Gavras best known for?

   • Costa-Gavras has brought attention to international issues, some urgent, others merely problematic, and he has done this in the tradition of cinematic story-telling. Z (1969), one of his most well-known works, is an account of the undermining in the 1960s of democratic government in Greece, his homeland and place of birth.

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   Who is Oscar winner Costa-Gavras?

   • The French Film Academy will honor legendary political filmmaker Costa-Gavras with its lifetime achievement award at the upcoming 2025 César Awards.

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   Did Konstantinos Gavras make a movie?

   • Most of his movies were made in French, though starting with “Missing” (1982), several were made in English. Konstantinos Gavras (born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France.

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   Where was Costa-Gavras born and raised?

   • Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War.

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   Why did Costa-Gavras choose Z?

   • Costa-Gavras chose Z as the title of the film based on its common occurrence in Greek graffiti for "He lives" (or even "Lambrakis you live; it’s you who guides us!" [Λαμπράκη ζεις, εσύ μας οδηγείς!; Lambráki zis, esý mas odigís!]);

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10. www.themoviedb.org › person › 27436-costa-gavrasCosta-Gavras - The Movie Database (TMDB)

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    Konstantinos Gavras (born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France. He is best known for directing films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller “Z” (1969).