Theo Angelopoulos
Directing
Theodoros Angelopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος) (1935—2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. An acclaimed and multi-awarded film director who dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, 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. Angelopoulos' work, described by Martin Scorsese as that of "a masterful filmmaker", is characterized by slightest movement, slightest change in distance, long takes, and complex yet carefully composed scenes; his cinematic method, as a result, is often described as "sweeping" and "hypnotic." In 1998 his film Eternity and a Day went on to win the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 51st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, and his films have been shown at many of the world's most esteemed film festivals. In 2000 he was the President of the Jury at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. The life of Theo Angelopoulos, his work, and his passion were the subject of a documentary directed in 2008 by Elodie Lelu. Angelopoulos died late on Tuesday, 24 January 2012, at 76 years old after being involved in a crash with a motorcycle ridden by an off-duty police officer. He was taken to hospital, where he was treated in an intensive care unit but succumbed to his serious injuries several hours later. Description above from the Wikipedia article Theo Angelopoulos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Directing20
movieInvisible World
2013
Director
movieThe Dust of Time
2008
Director
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
movieThe Weeping Meadow
2004
Director
movieEternity and a Day
1998
Director
movieLumière & Company
1995
Director
movieUlysses' Gaze
1995
Director
movieLandscape in the Mist
1988
Director
movieThe Beekeeper
1986
Director
movieVoyage to Cythera
1984
Director
movieAlexander the Great
1980
Director
movieThe Hunters
1977
Director
movieThe Travelling Players
1975
Director
movieDays of '36
1972
Director
movieReconstruction
1970
Director
movieBroadcast
1968
Director
Acting28
movieReconstruction
1970
Journalist (uncredited)
Writing16
movieInvisible World
2013
Writer
movieEternity and a Day
1998
Idea, Screenplay
movieUlysses' Gaze
1995
Screenplay
movieThe Suspended Step of the Stork
1991
Writer, Story
movieLandscape in the Mist
1988
Story, Screenplay
movieThe Beekeeper
1986
Screenplay
movieAthens, Return to the Acropolis
1983
Screenplay
movieThe Hunters
1977
Screenplay, Idea
movieThe Travelling Players
1975
Screenplay
movieDays of '36
1972
Writer
movieReconstruction
1970
Screenplay
movieBroadcast
1968
Writer
Production12
movieThe Weeping Meadow
2004
Producer
movieEternity and a Day
1998
Producer
moviePort Djema
1997
Associate Producer
movieUlysses' Gaze
1995
Producer
movieLandscape in the Mist
1988
Producer
movieThe Beekeeper
1986
Producer
movieVoyage to Cythera
1984
Producer
movieAlexander the Great
1980
Producer
movieKierion
1974
Assistant Production Coordinator
movieBroadcast
1968
Producer