Theo Angelopoulos

Theo Angelopoulos

  • Birthday: 1935-04-27
  • Deathday: 2012-01-24
  • Place of birth: Athens, Greece
  • Also know as: Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος

Biography

Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος) (27 April 1935 – 24 January 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.

Filmography

Production

The Travelling Players

1975

As Director

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

As Director

Eternity and a Day

1998

As Director

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

As Director

The Weeping Meadow

2004

As Director

Broadcast

1968

As Director

Voyage to Cythera

1984

As Director

Landscape in the Mist

1988

As Director

The Beekeeper

1987

As Director

The Dust of Time

2008

As Director

Lumière and Company

1995

As Director

The Reconstruction

1970

As Director

Alexander the Great

1980

As Director

The Hunters

1977

As Director

Days of '36

1972

As Director

Invisible World

2012

As Director

Athens

1995

As Director

Sky Below

2012

As Director

Three Minutes

2007

As Director

Eternity and a Day

1998

As Producer

The Weeping Meadow

2004

As Producer

The Beekeeper

1987

As Producer

Voyage to Cythera

1984

As Producer

Alexander the Great

1980

As Producer

Landscape in the Mist

1988

As Producer

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

As Producer

Broadcast

1968

As Producer

Kierion

1974

As Assistant Production Coordinator

Port Djema

1997

As Associate Producer

The Travelling Players

1975

As Screenplay

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

As Screenplay

Landscape in the Mist

1988

As Story

Voyage to Cythera

1984

As Writer

The Beekeeper

1987

As Screenplay

The Dust of Time

2008

As Writer

Alexander the Great

1980

As Writer

The Hunters

1977

As Screenplay

The Weeping Meadow

2004

As Writer

Days of '36

1972

As Writer

Broadcast

1968

As Writer

The Reconstruction

1970

As Screenplay

The Hunters

1977

As Idea

Eternity and a Day

1998

As Idea

Eternity and a Day

1998

As Screenplay

Sky Below

2012

As Writer

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