Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras, known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thriller Z (1969), which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Missing (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French, but six have been in English, including Hanna K.
- Occupation
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
- Position held
- President of the Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival, president of the Cinémathèque Française, president of the Cinémathèque Française
- Citizenship
- France, Greece
- Born
