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    Birthday: February 12, 2033

    Costa-Gavras gleaned his political activism literally from his father's knee. The senior Gavras was a Greek government functionary who performed heroically in the resistance movement against the occupying Nazi forces in World War II. At war's end, the outspoken Gavras found himself labeled a communist by the new regime. As a result, young Costa-Gavras was denied entrance to the U.S., where ...more
    • 2002
    • French Academy of Cinema
    • Best Screenplay
    • Amen
    • win
    • 2002
    • French Academy of Cinema
    • Best Director
    • Amen
    • nom
    • 1982
    • British Academy of Film and Television
    • Best Screenplay
    • Missing
    • win
    • 1982
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Missing
    • win
    • 1982
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Director
    • Missing
    • nom


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