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Costa-Gavras opted to show the Deputy had adulteries and conflicts with his wife to demonstrate he was simply a man. Costa-Gavras was also motivated by the suspicious disappearance of Mehdi Ben Barka in 1965.
Costa-Gavras was born on February 12, 1933 in Loutra-Iraias, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for Z (1969), Missing (1982) and Amen. (2002). He has been married to Michèle Ray-Gavras since 1968. They have two children.
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Costa Gavras married Michele Ray-Gavras in 1968. The couple has three children; two sons named Romain and Alexandre Gavras and a daughter named Julie Gavras. Among them Romain and Julie have followed their father’s footsteps and are film makers.
Konstantinos " Kostas " Gavras ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France.
Trivia. He directed the 1969 political thriller Z. Family Life. He married Michele Ray-Gavras in 1968. They had children named Romain and Julie. Associated With. He directed Jack Lemmon in the film Missing. Popularity. Most Popular #219778 First Name Costa #3. 91 Year Old Aquarius #8. Costa Gavras Is A Member Of.
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Oct 25, 2009 · Based on true events, the film vividly imagined and uncovered the machinations behind the May 22, 1963, killing of the Greek social democrat and pacifist Gregoris Lambrakis in Thessaloníki. It made the fact of political murder cinematically real, as no Hollywood film at that time could dare.
A pulse-pounding political thriller, Greek expatriate director Costa-Gavras’s Z was one of the cinematic sensations of the late sixties, and remains among the most vital dispatches from that hallowed era of filmmaking.
