Theo Angelopoulos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Theo Angelopoulos

Greek film director, screenwriter and film producer

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1935

Place of Birth: Athens, Attica Region, Greece

Date of Death: 24-Jan-2012

Profession: screenwriter, actor, journalist, film director, film producer, film critic

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (; Greek: Te?d???? ???e??p?????; 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.