Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos (Greek: Î"Î¹ÏŽÏ Î³Î¿Ï‚ Λάνθιμος,
romanized: Giorgos Lanthimos; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film
and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. He has received four
Academy Award nominations for his work, including Best Foreign
Language Film for Dogtooth, Best Original Screenplay for The Lobster
(2015), and Best Picture and Best Director for The Favourite
(2018).Lanthimos was born in Pangrati, Athens. He was raised mainly by
his mother. His father, Antonis Lanthimos, was a professional
basketball player who played for Pagrati B.C., Greece national
basketball team and was also a basketball instructor at the Moraitis
School. Having graduated from the Moraitis School he went on to study
business administration and played for a period in Pagrati B.C. He
eventually dropped out and went on to study directing for film and
television at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos
(HCTSS) in Athens.Through the 1990s Lanthimos directed a series of
videos for Greek dance-theater companies. Since 1995 he has directed a
large number of TV commercials, in addition to music videos, short
films and experimental theater plays. He was also a member of the
creative team which designed the opening and closing ceremonies of the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Lanthimos' feature film career started
with the mainstream film My Best Friend where he shared directing
credits with Lakis Lazopoulos and was followed by the experimental
film Kinetta which premiered at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival. His
third feature film Dogtooth won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009
Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards. In 2010, he acted in and co-produced
Attenberg, a Greek drama film directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. His
fourth feature film Alps (2011) won the Osella Award for Best
Screenplay at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Yorgos Lanthimos Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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