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3	Konstantinos Gavras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς), [[PenName better known as]] Costa-Gavras (born February 12, 1933 in Loutra Iraias, UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}) is a Greek-French film director and screenwriter.
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5	He could not study in Greece after the country went through a civil war (from World War II to 1949) due to his father being communist, so he moved to France, studying literature first then cinema there, notably under the teaching of filmmaker Yves Allégret. He worked as an assistant director on French films such as ''Film/BayOfAngels'' before directing his first feature in 1965.
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7	He is well known for blending [[AuthorTract commentary]] on controversial political and social issues with the entertainment value of the film medium. Themes such as law and justice, dictatorships, oppression, legal/illegal violence and torture are [[AuthorAppeal common in his works]], most of which are in French language.
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9	His 1969 film ''Film/{{Z}}'' ended up the first film to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film[[labelnote:*]]now known as Best International Feature Film[[/labelnote]] at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s.
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11	His children Romain, Alexandre and Julie all became directors.
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13	!!Works on TV Tropes:
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15	* ''Film/{{Z}}'' (1969)
16	* ''Film/StateOfSiege'' (1972)
17	* ''[[Film/Missing1982 missing.]]'' (1982)
18	* ''Film/{{Betrayed}}'' (1988)
19	* ''Film/MadCity'' (1997)
20	* ''Film/{{Amen}}'' (2002)
21	* ''Film/TheAxe'' (2005)
22	[[/index]]
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24	!!Tropes and Trivia in his works:
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26	* AuthorTract: Denouncing dictatorships, violations of human rights and liberties and showcasing the social cost of economic inequity, in a nutshell.
27	* TheCameo: He's had cameos in four films -- ''Film/MadameRosa'', ''The Life Before Us'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' and ''Literature/TheStupids''.
28	* CreatorsOddball: ''Adults in the Room'' (2019) is the first film he's ever shot in his native country, Greece.
29	* HumansAreBastards: Whether it's torture, dictatorships, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust or a jobless man turned SerialKiller to regain a job, Costa-Gavras has explored quite a palette with this trope.
30	* PlayingAgainstType: He likes to ask actors who tend to work mostly in comedies to play in his serious films sometimes. That has happened with Creator/JoseGarcia in 2005's ''Film/TheAxe'' and Creator/GadElmaleh in 2013's ''Le Capital'', for instance.
31	* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse:
32	** He mad three films starring Creator/YvesMontand -- ''Film/{{Z}}'', ''The Confession'' and ''Film/StateOfSiege''.
33	** German actor Creator/UlrichTukur is a regular of his films since ''Amen''.
34	* [[invoked]]WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was offered to direct ''Film/TheGodfather'' at one point when he became well known in Hollywood. He liked the novel, but didn't feel knowledgeable enough about American culture to direct the film.

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