Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras studied Literature at the Sorbonne and Filmmaking at the IDHEC. After graduating, he worked as an assistant to directors including René Clair, René Clement, Jacques Demy, Marcel Ophüls and Jean Becker. In 1965 he directed his first feature film, Compartiment Tueurs (The Sleeping Car Murders). Outstanding among his politically committed films are Z (1969), winner of the Best Film in a Foreign Language and Best Editing Academy Awards and of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Missing (1981), Best Screenplay Academy Award and Golden Palm at Cannes, Music Box (1989), Golden Bear at Berlin, and Amen (2002), César for Best Screenplay. In 2012 he competed in San Sebastian Festival’s Official Selection with Le capital (Capital). He has been the president of the Cinémathèque Française since 2007.

Festival de San Sebastián