Athina Rachel Tsangari

Directing·Apr 2, 1966·Athens, Kingdom of Greece [now Greece]

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Athina Rachel Tsangari is a Greek filmmaker. Some of her most notable works include her feature films, The Slow Business of Going (2000), Attenberg (2010) and Chevalier (2015) as well as the co-production of Yorgos Lanthimos films Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), and Alps (2011). In her versatile work for cinema, she has also founded and been director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival. In 2014-2015, she was invited to Harvard University’s Visual and Environmental Studies department as a Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies. Tsangari was born in Athens, Greece. She holds a university degree from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and two post-graduate diplomas: an MA in performance studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and an MFA in Film Directing from the University of Texas at Austin. Her first experience working in film was with a small role in Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker. Since then, Tsangari has assumed multiple roles within the film industry.

Film	Credit
The First Image2025 · Producer	Producer
Harvest2025 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Ladies in Waiting2023 · Producer	Producer
Digger2021 · Producer	Producer
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing2019 · Director	Director
Preparation2017 · Producer	Producer
After Before2017 · Self, Producer, Director	Self, Producer, Director
AAthina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges2016 · Actor	Actor
Chevalier2015 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Benaki Museum2013 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
24 Frames per Century2013 · Director	Director
Before Midnight2013 · Ariadni	Ariadni
Pearblossom Hwy2012 · Producer	Producer
The Capsule2012 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Alps2011 · Producer	Producer
Attenberg2010 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Dimitris Papaioannou 22007 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Palestine Blues2006 · Producer	Producer
Kinetta2005 · Producer	Producer
The Slow Business of Going2000 · Director	Director
University, Inc.1999 · Self	Self
Fit1994 · Director	Director
Slacker1990 · Cousin from Greece	Cousin from Greece