| Costa-Gavras | |
|---|---|
 Gavras at the 59th Berlin Film Festival | |
| 3 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Role | Director, Screenwriter |
| Born | February 12, 1933 |
| Loutra-Iraias, Greece | |
Costa-Gavras is a Greek-born naturalized French filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller, Z (1969). Most of his movies were made in French; starting with Missing (1982), several were made in English.
Wins[]
- 55th Academy Awards, 1982
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Missing (shared with Donald Stewart)
Nominations[]
- 42nd Academy Awards, 1969
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Z (shared with Jorge Semprun)
- Best Director — Z
- 55th Academy Awards, 1982
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Missing (shared with Donald Stewart)