Costa-Gavras at the 2017 César Awards Costa-Gavras is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter and producer. Most of Gavras' films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in the English language.
Films Year English title Director Writer Producer Original title 1965 The Sleeping Car Murders Yes Yes No Compartiment tueurs 1967 Shock Troops Yes Yes Yes Un homme de trop 1969 Z Yes Yes No Z 1970 The Confession Yes No No L'Aveu 1972 State of Siege Yes Yes No État de siège 1975 Special Section Yes Yes Yes Section spéciale 1979 Womanlight Yes Yes No Clair de femme 1982 Missing Yes Yes No missing. 1983 Hanna K. Yes Yes No Hanna K. 1986 Family Business Yes Yes No Conseil de famille 1988 Betrayed Yes No No Betrayed 1989 Music Box Yes No No Music Box 1993 The Little Apocalypse Yes Yes No La Petite Apocalypse 1997 Mad City Yes No No Mad City 2002 Amen. Yes Yes No Amen. 2005 The Ax Yes Yes No Le Couperet 2006 The Colonel No Yes Yes Mon colonel 2009 Eden Is West Yes Yes Yes Eden à l'ouest 2012 Capital Yes Yes No Le Capital 2019 Adults in the Room Yes Yes No Ενήλικοι στην Αίθουσα
Short films Year Title Director Writer Notes 1958 Les Ratés Yes Yes 1991 Pour Kim Song-Man Yes — Part of Contre l'Oubli film compilation 1995 Lumière and Company Yes — Original title: Lumière et Compagnie À propos de Nice, la suite Yes Yes Segment: "Les Kankobals"
As a producer Year Title Notes 1969 Ce n'est pas que le début Short documentary Credited as Kostas Gavras 1985 Tea in the Harem Also photographer 1989 Pleure pas my love 2016 I Still Hide to Smoke Uncredited
Additional credits Year Title Credit(s) 1960 Croesus Assistant director 1961 All the Gold in the World Assistant director 1962 A Monkey in Winter Assistant director 1963 Bay of Angels Assistant director The Day and the Hour Assistant director 1964 Joy House Assistant director Backfire Assistant director 1997 Mad City Songwriter: "Cliff's Theme Song" 2009 Home Advisor 2018 Les Bonnes Conditions Photographer The Other Side of the Wind Archival consultant 2019 Adults in the Room Editor
Acting appearances Year Title Role Notes 1971 On vous parle de Prague Himself Short documentary 1975 Special Section Militiaman Uncredited 1977 Madame Rosa Doctor Ramon 1985 Spies Like Us Tadzhik Highway Patrol 1996 The Stupids Gas Station Guy 2010 Burke & Hare French Family
See also
Sources Costa-Gavras filmography at IMDb Costa-Gavras filmography at AllMovie Costa-Gavras at UniFrance (in French) Costa-Gavras at AlloCiné (in French) Films Short films Against Oblivion (segment; 1991) À propos de Nice, la suite (segment; 1995) Lumière and Company (segment, 1995) Related