Constantinos Gavras (born 13 February 1933), better known as Costa-Gavras (Κώστας Γαβράς), is a Greek born French filmmaker, 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa-GavrasCosta-Gavras' Z at Film Forum in New York Cityhttp://www.filmforum.org/films/z.htmlFrench resistance: Costa GavrasInterview by Maya Jaggi, 2009
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Filmography * The Sleeping Car Murders (Compartiment Tueurs) (1965)
* Shock Troops (Un homme de trop) (1967)
* Z (1969)
* L'Aveu (The Confession) (1970)
* State of Siege (Etat de Siege) (1972)
* Section spéciale (Special Section) (1975)
* Clair de femme (1979)
* Missing (1982)
* Hanna K. (1983)
* Betrayed (1988)
* Music Box (1989)
* La Petite Apocalypse (1993)
* Lumiere & Company (1995)
* Mad City (1997)
* Amen. (2003)
* Le Couperet (2005)
* Eyewitness (TBA)
* No Other Life (TBA)
* Eden in West (2009)
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