Writer

Theodoros Angelopoulos

1935 – 2012

Active years (films on this site)

1972–1998

Genres

DramaHistoryMusicalRomanceWar

Schools and movements

Balkan CinemaSlow and Contemplative Cinema

Directors worked with

Theo Angelopoulos9 films

Biography

Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, and Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world. He started making films in 1967. In the 1970s he made a series of political films about modern Greece.

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Awards and honours

International

• Sutherland Trophy 1975
• Golden Lion 1980
• Best Screenplay Award 1984
• Silver Lion 1988
• European Film Award for Best Film 1989
• Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1995
• European Film Academy Critics Award 1995
• Palme d'Or 1998
• honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University 1998
• Arts and Culture Prize of German Catholics 2001
• European Film Academy Critics Award 2004
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 2004
• honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University 2004
• Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes 2008
• Aleksandar Lifka Award

9 films on this site

1. Days of '36 1972 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 6.8 · Writer
2. The Travelling Players 1975 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.8 · Writer
3. The Hunters 1977 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.4 · Writer
4. Alexander the Great 1980 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.4 · Writer
5. Voyage to Cythera 1984 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.7 · Writer
6. Landscape in the Mist 1988 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.9 · Writer
7. The Suspended Step of the Stork 1991 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.5 · Writer
8. Ulysses' Gaze 1995 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.6 · Writer
9. Eternity and a Day 1998 · Theo Angelopoulos · IMDb 7.8 · Writer