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Theo Angelopoulos

Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος | Théo Angelopoulos | Theodoros Angelopoulos

About the person
Career:

Directing

Date of birth:
1935-04-27
Place of birth:

Athens, Greece

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

1

Date of death

2012-01-24

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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.