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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.
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Filmography
all 46
Movies 46
self 20
Director 13
Producer 7
Invisible World (2012)
The Dust of Time (2008)
The Weeping Meadow (2004)
Eternity and a Day (1998)
Port Djema (1997)
Lumière & Company (1995)
Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
The Beekeeper (1986)
Voyage to Cythera (1984)
Alexander the Great (1980)
The Hunters (1977)
The Travelling Players (1975)
Kierion (1974)
Days of '36 (1972)
The Reconstruction (1970)
Robbery in Athens (1969)
Broadcast (1968)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1935-04-27
Deathday2012-01-24 (76 years old)
Birth NameTheodoros Angelopoulos
Birth PlaceAthens, Greece
RelationshipsFoivi Oikonomopoulou (1980 - 2012)
ChildrenKaterina Aggelopoulou, Anna Aggelopoulou, Eleni Aggelopoulou
CitizenshipsGreece
Also Known AsΘόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος, Théo Angelopoulos, Theodoros Angelopoulos, テオ・アンゲロプロス, テオドロス・アンゲロプロス, 테오도로스 앙겔로풀로스, 테오 앙겔로풀로스, 西奥·安哲罗普洛斯
AwardsGrand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Sutherland Trophy, Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Arts and Culture Prize of German Catholics, European Film Academy Critics Award, honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University, honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University, Награда Александар Лифка, Silver Lion, Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival), Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, European Film Award for Best Film, Golden Lion, Palme d'Or
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