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Biography
Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, and 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes · 2008
- European Film Academy Critics Award · 2004
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 2004
- honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University · 2004
- Arts and Culture Prize of German Catholics · 2001
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- honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University · 1998
- Palme d'Or · 1998
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 1995
- European Film Academy Critics Award · 1995
- European Film Award — Best Film · 1989
- Silver Lion · 1988
- Best Screenplay Award · 1984
- Golden Lion · 1980
- Sutherland Trophy · 1975
- Aleksandar Lifka Award
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2004 · nominated
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award — Best Director · 2004 · nominated
- Goya Award — Best European Film · 1997 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 1995 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 1989 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 1989 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 1989 · nominated
