Theo Angelopoulos
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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Acting
Movie
Reconstruction
as Journalist (uncredited)
1970
Movie
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
2011
Movie
Robbery in Athens
1969
Movie
Jimmy the Tiger
1966
Movie
Kierion
1974
Movie
Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine
2007
Movie
Towards Freedom
1996
Movie
A City Runs Through the Festival
as Self
2007
Movie
A Special Day
as Self
2012
Movie
Champions: A Comic Tale
as Self
2011
Movie
Affection to the People
as Self
2013
Movie
Kiarostami in Close up
as as Self
2000
Movie
The End of an Eternity
as Self
2000
Movie
To Each Their Voice: Theo Angelopoulos & Nikos Panayotopoulos
as Himself
2023
Movie
Journey Through History
as Self
1977
Movie
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
as Self
2008
Movie
Theo on Theo
2004
Movie
Theo Angelopoulos: A Lifework in Film
Movie
The Other Stage
as Self
1975
Movie
Erimos kai monos gia na mou fygei o ponos
2006
Movie
Theo Angelopoulos: The Internal Journey
as himself
2008
Movie
Balkan Landscapes: The Gaze of Theo Angelopoulos
as Himself
1993
Movie
Filming Under Pressure
as Self
1991
Movie
An All-Weather Man
as Self
2004
Crew
Movie
Landscape in the Mist
Story
1988
Movie
Eternity and a Day
Director
1998
Movie
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007
Movie
Ulysses' Gaze
Screenplay
1995
Movie
The Weeping Meadow
Director
2004
Movie
The Travelling Players
Director
1975
Movie
The Beekeeper
Screenplay
1986
Movie
Lumière & Company
Director
1995
Movie
The Suspended Step of the Stork
Director
1991
Movie
Voyage to Cythera
Writer
1984
Movie
The Dust of Time
Writer
2008
Movie
Days of '36
Director
1972