Theo Angelopoulos

Directing·Apr 27, 1935·Athens, Greece

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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.

Film	Credit
I have yesterday's hands, I'm missing tomorrow's2025 · Actor	Actor
To Each Their Voice: Theo Angelopoulos & Nikos Panayotopoulos2023 · Himself	Himself
Invisible World2013 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Affection to the People2013 · Self	Self
CCéu Inferior2012 · Director	Director
A Special Day2012 · Self	Self
Kurosawa's Way2011 · Self	Self
Champions: A Comic Tale2011 · Self	Self
OOdyssea Corporum - Ballad for Nikos Koundouros2010 · Self	Self
The Dust of Time2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight2008 · Self	Self
Theo Angelopoulos: The Internal Journey2008 · himself	himself
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director	Director
Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine2007 · Actor	Actor
A City Runs Through the Festival2007 · Self	Self
Erimos kai monos gia na mou fygei o ponos2006 · Actor	Actor
Theo on Theo2004 · Actor	Actor
An All-Weather Man2004 · Self	Self
The Silence of the Gods2004 · Self	Self
The Weeping Meadow2004 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The End of an Eternity2000 · Self	Self
Kiarostami in Close up2000 · as Self	as Self
Eternity and a Day1998 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Towards Freedom1996 · Actor	Actor
Lumière & Company1995 · Director	Director
Ulysses' Gaze1995 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Balkan Landscapes: The Gaze of Theo Angelopoulos1993 · Himself	Himself
The Suspended Step of the Stork1991 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Filming Under Pressure1991 · Self	Self
Landscape in the Mist1988 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Beekeeper1986 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Voyage to Cythera1984 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Athens, Return to the Acropolis1983 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
One Village, One Villager...1981 · Director	Director
Alexander the Great1980 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Hunters1977 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Journey Through History1977 · Self	Self
The Other Stage1975 · Self	Self
The Travelling Players1975 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Kierion1974 · Actor	Actor
Days of '361972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Reconstruction1970 · Journalist (uncredited), Director, Screenplay	Journalist (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Robbery in Athens1969 · Actor	Actor
Broadcast1968 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Jimmy the Tiger1966 · Actor	Actor
TTheo Angelopoulos: A Lifework in FilmActor	Actor