Yorgos Lanthimos

Directing

Born 1973-09-23 Athens, Greece 30 credits European Film Award for Best Director 1 European Film Award for Best Film 1 European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 1

Awards

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 7 nominated

2024 Best Director Nominated Poor Things
2024 Best Picture Nominated Poor Things
2019 Best Director Nominated The Favourite
2019 Best Picture Nominated The Favourite
2017 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated The Lobster
2010 Best International Feature Film Nominated Dogtooth
— Best Picture Nominated Bugonia

European Film Award for Best Director 1 won · 2 nominated

2019 Best Director Won The Favourite
2017 Best Director Nominated The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2015 Best Director Nominated The Lobster

European Film Award for Best Film 1 won · 1 nominated

2019 Best Film Won The Favourite
2015 Best Film Nominated The Lobster

European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2 nominated

2019 Best European Film Nominated The Favourite
2016 Best European Film Nominated The Lobster

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 1 won · 1 nominated

2017 Best Screenwriter Nominated The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2015 Best Screenwriter Won The Lobster

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Yorgos Lanthimos (Greek: Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, born 23 September 1973) is a Greek filmmaker. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Golden Lion, as well as nominations for five Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Lanthimos started his career in experimental theatre before making his directorial film debut with the sex comedy My Best Friend (2001). He rose to prominence by directing the psychological drama film Dogtooth (2009), which won the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Lanthimos transitioned to making English-language films with the black comedy The Lobster (2015), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and the psychological thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). He collaborated with actress Emma Stone in the period black comedies The Favourite (2018) and Poor Things (2023) and the anthology film Kinds of Kindness (2024). He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for The Favourite and Poor Things, in addition to winning the Golden Lion for the latter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yorgos Lanthimos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.