Theo Angelopoulos
Directing
- Born
- April 27, 1935 · Athens, Greece
- Died
- January 24, 2012 (age 76)
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.
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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.
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Known for
Behind the camera22
- 2013Invisible World Director, Writer
- 2012Céu Inferior Director
- 2008The Dust of Time Director, Writer
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema Director
- 2004The Weeping Meadow Director, Writer, Producer
- 1998Eternity and a Day Director, Producer, Screenplay, Idea
- 1997Port Djema Associate Producer
- 1995Lumière & Company Director
- 1995Ulysses' Gaze Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1991The Suspended Step of the Stork
