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
- 1985
- Spies Like Us
- Tadzhik Highway Patrol
- 1977
- La Vie Devant Soi
- Ramon
- 2009
- Eden Is West
- Director
- 2009
- Eden Is West
- Screenwriter
- 2006
- The Colonel
- Screenwriter
- 2005
- The Ax
- Director
- 2005
- The Ax
- Screenwriter










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