Theo Angelopoulos

Director, Productor, Escritor, Actor

27 de abril de 1935 — 24 de enero de 2012 (76 años)
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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Conocido por

  • Paisaje en la niebla
    Paisaje en la niebla1988
  • La eternidad y un día
    La eternidad y un día1998
  • La mirada de Ulises
    La mirada de Ulises1995
  • El viaje de los comediantes
    El viaje de los comediantes1975
  • Viaje a Citera
    Viaje a Citera1984
  • Eleni
    Eleni2004
  • El apicultor
    El apicultor1986
  • El paso suspendido de la cigüeña
    El paso suspendido de la cigüeña1991
  • Alejandro el Grande
    Alejandro el Grande1980
  • Reconstrucción
    Reconstrucción1970
  • El polvo del tiempo
    El polvo del tiempo2008
  • Días del 36
    Días del 361972
  • Los cazadores
    Los cazadores1977
  • Lumière y compañía
    Lumière y compañía1995
  • A cada uno su cine (Chacun son cinéma)
    A cada uno su cine (Chacun son cinéma)2007
  • Invisible World
    Invisible World2013
  • Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine
    Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine2007
  • Port Djema
    Port Djema1997

Filmography

2012
2008
2004
1998
Eternity and a Day · as Screenplay
1995
Ulysses' Gaze · as Screenplay
1991
1986
The Beekeeper · as Screenplay
1984
1983
1980
1977
The Hunters · as Screenplay
1975
The Travelling Players · as Screenplay
1972
1970
Reconstruction · as Screenplay

2023
Jeune cinéma · as Self
2021
2012
2011
Kurosawa's Way · as Self
2011
2010
Hitler in Hollywood · as Theo Angelopoulos
2007
2004
2000
L'invité · as Self
1995
1989
The Owl's Legacy · as Self
1986
At The Movies · as Self

2008
1970
Reconstruction · as Journalist (uncredited)
1969
1968

1988
1968
Kierion · as Production Designer
1968
Kierion · as Assistant Production Coordinator