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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
1989 L'HERITAGE DE LA CHOUETTE performer
1991 THE SUSPENDED STEP OF THE STORK performer
1996 ULLYSES'S GAZE
1998 ETERNITY AND A DAY
ANGELOPOULOS & KARAINDROU FILMS

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