Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 27, 1935
Died
Jan 24, 2012
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Credits
49 titles
Theo Angelopoulos
Biography
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
Filmography
Running on Waves
Self (Archive Footage)
I have yesterday's hands, I'm missing tomorrow's
To Each Their Voice: Theo Angelopoulos & Nikos Panayotopoulos
Himself
Invisible World
Director
Affection to the People
Self
Céu Inferior
Director
A Special Day
Self
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Champions: A Comic Tale
Self
Odyssea Corporum - Ballad for Nikos Koundouros
Self
The Dust of Time
Writer
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
Self
Theo Angelopoulos: The Internal Journey
himself
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine
A City Runs Through the Festival
Self
Deserted and alone to make my pain go away
Theo on Theo
An All-Weather Man
Self
The Silence of the Gods
Self
The Weeping Meadow
Director
The End of an Eternity
Self
Kiarostami in Close up
as Self
Eternity and a Day
Director
Port Djema
Associate Producer
Towards Freedom
Lumière & Company
Director
Ulysses' Gaze
Screenplay
Balkan Landscapes: The Gaze of Theo Angelopoulos
Himself
The Suspended Step of the Stork
Director
Filming Under Pressure
Self
Landscape in the Mist
Story
The Beekeeper
Screenplay
Voyage to Cythera
Writer
Athens, Return to the Acropolis
Director
One Village, One Villager...
Director
Alexander the Great
Director
Ciné regards
Self
The Hunters
Director
Journey Through History
Self
The Other Stage
Self
The Travelling Players
Director
Kierion
Days of '36
Director
Reconstruction
Journalist (uncredited)
Robbery in Athens
Broadcast
Director
Jimmy the Tiger
Theo Angelopoulos: A Lifework in Film