Theo Angelopoulos

ActorDirectorWriterProducerProduction Apr 27 (died age 76) Athens, Greece 1966–2025 (59 year career)

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Biography

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 th…

Known For

Film

Eternity and a Day

Director

Film

Landscape in the Mist

Director

Film

Ulysses' Gaze

Director

Film

The Weeping Meadow

Director

Film

To Each His Own Cinema

Director

Film

The Travelling Players

Director

Film

The Beekeeper

Director

Film

Voyage to Cythera

Director

Filmography

Acting (26)

Movies (26)

I have yesterday's hands, I'm missing tomorrow's

2025

To Each Their Voice: Theo Angelopoulos & Nikos Panayotopoulos

2023

as Himself

Affection to the People

as Self

A Special Day

as Self

Kurosawa's Way

as Self

Champions: A Comic Tale

2011

as Self

6.0

Odyssea Corporum - Ballad for Nikos Koundouros

2010

as Self

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

2008

as Self

Theo Angelopoulos: The Internal Journey

2008

as himself

Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine

2007

5.6

A City Runs Through the Festival

2007

as Self

6.7

Erimos kai monos gia na mou fygei o ponos

2006

Theo on Theo

2004

An All-Weather Man

2004

as Self

The End of an Eternity

2000

as Self

Kiarostami in Close up

2000

as as Self

Towards Freedom

1996

2.0

Balkan Landscapes: The Gaze of Theo Angelopoulos

1993

as Himself

Filming Under Pressure

1991

as Self

Journey Through History

1977

as Self

The Other Stage

1975

as Self

Kierion

1974

5.6

Reconstruction

1970

as Journalist (uncredited)

Robbery in Athens

Jimmy the Tiger

Theo Angelopoulos: A Lifework in Film

Crew (52)

Movies (52)

Invisible World

Director

Invisible World

Writer

Céu Inferior

Director

The Dust of Time

Director

The Dust of Time

Writer

To Each His Own Cinema

Director

The Weeping Meadow

Director

The Weeping Meadow

Producer

The Weeping Meadow

Writer

Eternity and a Day

Director

Eternity and a Day

Idea

Eternity and a Day

Producer

Eternity and a Day

Screenplay

Port Djema

Associate Producer

Lumière & Company

Director

Ulysses' Gaze

Director

Ulysses' Gaze

Producer

Ulysses' Gaze

Screenplay

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991

Director

6.8

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991

Producer

6.8

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991

Story

6.8

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991

Writer

6.8

Landscape in the Mist

1988

Director

7.6

Landscape in the Mist

1988

Producer

7.6

Landscape in the Mist

1988

Screenplay

7.6

Landscape in the Mist

Story

The Beekeeper

Director

The Beekeeper

Producer

The Beekeeper

Screenplay

Voyage to Cythera

Director

Voyage to Cythera

Producer

Voyage to Cythera

Writer

Athens, Return to the Acropolis

1983

Director

7.9

Athens, Return to the Acropolis

1983

Producer

7.9

Athens, Return to the Acropolis

1983

Screenplay

7.9

One Village, One Villager...

1981

Director

Alexander the Great

Director

Alexander the Great

Producer

Alexander the Great

Writer

The Hunters

Director

The Hunters

Idea

The Hunters

Screenplay

The Travelling Players

1975

Director

7.2

The Travelling Players

1975

Screenplay

7.2

Kierion

1974

Assistant Production Coordinator

Days of '36

Director

Days of '36

Writer

Reconstruction

Director

Reconstruction

Screenplay

Broadcast

Director

Broadcast

Producer

Broadcast

Writer