THEO ANGELOPOULOS METE'S MUSIC STUDIO

THEO ANGELOPOULOS

(1936-)

Occupation: Director, screenwriter

Birth Name: Theodoros Angelopoulos

Born: 1936, Athens, Greece

Education: IDHEC, Paris

Angelopoulos trained as a lawyer before attending IDHEC, and began his film career as a critic. His early work as a director was largely historically based and includes a trilogy (DAYS OF '36, 1972, THE TRAVELLING PLAYERS, 1975, THE HUNTERS, 1977) which chronicles the history of Greece from the mid-1930s onward. His later work, better known internationally, draws more on ancient history and myth but retains a key political dimension. VOYAGE TO CYTHERA (1984) is a poignant, exquisitely composed drama about an ageing exile who returns to Greece—it earned a best original screenplay award at Cannes for Angelopoulos and co-writers Tonino Guerra and Theo Valtinos; THE BEEKEEPER (1986) features a landmark performance from Marcello Mastroianni as a gloomy, retired teacher who picks up an enigmatic hitchiker during a road trip. Angelopoulos is a major director with a distinctive vision and a finely honed style who has been sadly neglected by American distributors and by most American critics.

Filmography :

1930 EARTH/ZEMLYA/SOIL director, screenwriter

1968 I EKPOMBI director, screenwriter

1970 ANAPARASTASIS director, screenwriter

1972 DAYS OF 36/I MERES TOU 36 director, screenwriter

1975 THE TRAVELLING PLAYERS/O THIASSOS director, screenwriter

1977 THE HUNTERS/I KINIGI director, screenwriter

1982 ATHENS, 1982 director, screenwriter

1984 VOYAGE TO CYTHERA/TAXIDI STIN KYTHERA director, screenwriter, story

1986 THE BEEKEEPER/O MELISSOKOMOS director, screenwriter

1986 MELISSOKOMOS PETHENI,O- ALLOS MYTHOS, ENAS performer

1988 LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST/TOPIO STIN OMICHLI director, screenwriter, story