Directed credits
30
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Costa-Gavras
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.1
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Directed movies: 30Directed series: 0All crew credits: 36
TMDB ID: 27436
IMDb ID: nm0002020
Known for: Directing
Born: February 12, 1933
Age: 93
Place of birth: Loutra-Iraias, Greece
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1958 - 2025
Years active: 68
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q296698
Also known as
Costa Gavras • Κώστας Γαβράς • Constantin Costa-Gavras • Konstantínos Gavrás • 科斯塔·加夫拉斯 • Kēsī tǎ·jiā fū lā sī • コスタ＝ガヴラス • Kosuta = gavurasu • Konstantinos Gavras • Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς • +5 more
Frequent jobs
Director (24)Assistant Director (5)First Assistant Director (1)Producer (2)Co-Writer (1)Story (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933), 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.. Description above from the Wikipedia article Costa-Gavras, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Costa-Gavras.
5.9
Before What Comes After
Director
2025 Movie
6.5
Adults in the Room
Director
2019 Movie
4.0
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
2014 Movie
6.1
Capital
Director
2012 Movie
6.2
Eden Is West
Director
2009 Movie
6.9
The Ax
Director
2005 Movie
7.0
Amen.
Director
2002 Movie
6.3
Mad City
Director
1997 Movie
6.2
Lumière & Company
Director
1995 Movie
5.1
Concerning Nice
Director
1995 Movie
5.4
The Little Apocalypse
Director
1993 Movie
6.5
Against Oblivion
Director
1991 Movie
7.1
Music Box
Director
1989 Movie
6.1
Betrayed
Director
1988 Movie
4.8
Family Business
Director
1986 Movie
6.1
Hanna K.
Director
1983 Movie
7.2
Missing
Director
1982 Movie
5.7
Womanlight
Director
1979 Movie
7.1
Special Section
Director
1975 Movie
7.2
State of Siege
Director
1972 Movie
7.3
The Confession
Director
1970 Movie
7.8
Z
Director
1969 Movie
6.7
Shock Troops
Director
1967 Movie
6.9
The Sleeping Car Murders
Director
1965 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Costa-Gavras.
7.8
Z
Director
1969 Movie
7.6
A Monkey in Winter
Assistant Director
1962 Movie
7.6
No Other Choice
Thanks
2025 Movie
7.3
The Confession
Director
1970 Movie
7.2
Missing
Director
1982 Movie
7.2
State of Siege
Director
1972 Movie
7.2
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
as Self - Interviewee
2009 Movie
7.2
Mr. Klein
Co-Writer
1976 Movie
7.1
Music Box
Director
1989 Movie
7.0
Amen.
Director
2002 Movie
6.9
The Ax
Director
2005 Movie
6.9
The Sleeping Car Murders
Director
1965 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Costa-Gavras.
7.6
No Other Choice
Thanks
2025 Movie
6.2
Spies Like Us
as Tadzhik Highway Patrolman
1985 Movie
7.2
Mr. Klein
Co-Writer
1976 Movie
7.8
Z
Director
1969 Movie
7.2
Missing
Director
1982 Movie
6.1
Burke & Hare
as French Family
2010 Movie
7.0
Amen.
Director
2002 Movie
4.8
The Stupids
as Gas Station Attendant
1996 Movie
6.9
The Ax
Director
2005 Movie
6.1
Betrayed
Director
1988 Movie
6.2
Lumière & Company
Director
1995 Movie
7.3
The Confession
Director
1970 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Costa-Gavras.
3.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1998 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 2 eps
1974 Series
1.0
Beau geste
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
Discorama
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series
5.6
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.0
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
4.5
Clique
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2013 Series
Le Cercle
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
3.5
Cérémonie des César
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1976 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Costa-Gavras.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Costa-Gavras.
La Saga du Napoléon d'Abel Gance
as Self - President of the Cinémathèque Française
2025 Movie
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
as Self
2025 Movie
8.1
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022 Movie
7.2
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
as Self
2022 Movie
6.0
Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences
as Self
2022 Movie
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
as Self
2022 Movie
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
as Self
2021 Movie
Resistencia Cultural
as Self
2021 Movie
6.8
The Méliès Mystery
as Self
2021 Movie
7.8
Citizen Rosi
as Self
2019 Movie
7.0
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
as Self
2019 Movie
7.3
A Sore Spot
as Self
2017 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Costa-Gavras.
1.0
Beau geste
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
4.5
Clique
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2013 Series
Le Cercle
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
3.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1998 Series
5.6
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
3.5
Cérémonie des César
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1976 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 2 eps
1974 Series
Discorama
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series