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person_profile-Theo Angelopoulos

Theo Angelopoulos Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Theo Angelopoulos

Date of Birth:

Apr 27, 1935

Country of birth:

Greece

Died:

Jan 24, 2012

Biography of

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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Filmography of

Theo Angelopoulos

Found 11 Movies in total

... 2004

... 1998

Port Djema

Associate Producer

... 1997

Ulysses' Gaze

Screenplay

... 1995

... 1991

... 1988

The Beekeeper

Screenplay

... 1986

... 1984

... 1983

... 1980

Kierion

Actor

... 1974