Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos was born on Sep 23, 1973 in Greece. Yorgos Lanthimos's big-screen debut came with O kalyteros mou filos directed by Yorgos Lanthimos in 2001. Yorgos Lanthimos is known for The Favourite directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman stars as Queen Anne and Rachel Weisz as Lady Sarah. Yorgos Lanthimos has got 55 awards and 126 nominations so far. The most recent award Yorgos Lanthimos achieved is Overcome Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Yorgos Lanthimos plays is Poor Things which will be released on Sep 08, 2023.

Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta, his first feature film, played at Toronto and Berlin film festivals to critical acclaim. His second feature Dogtooth, won the "Un Certain Regard prize" at the 2009 Cannes film festival, followed by numerous awards at festivals worldwide. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award (Oscar) in 2011. Alps won the "Osella for best screenplay" at the 2011 Venice film festival and Best Film at the Sydney film festival in 2012. His first English language film The Lobster was presented in Competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Moreover, "The Lobster" was nominated for the (Oscar about the) Best Original Screenplay by the Academy and won Best Screenplay and Best Costume Design at the European Film Awards of 2015. His fifth project "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" was also presented in Competition at the 70th Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for the best Screenplay. Lanthimos's last film "The Favorite" is a historical Drama about the British Queen Anne.