Yorgos Lanthimos
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Yorgos Lanthimos is a Greek director born in Athens, celebrated for deadpan, disturbingly deadpan films examining social conditioning and repressed desire through absurdist, tightly controlled premises. Dogtooth, following parents who confine their adult children within their property through fabricated language and reality, established his signature blend of clinical detachment and grotesque family dysfunction, earning international acclaim and an Academy Award nomination. The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer extended his fascination with rigid, absurdist social rules governing love and moral obligation, both made in English with international casts. The Favourite and Poor Things, the latter winning multiple Academy Awards including Best Actress for Emma Stone, showed a shift toward more elaborate period and fantastical production design while retaining his taste for dark, transgressive comedy. Lanthimos's deadpan, tightly controlled examination of social absurdity and repressed desire has made him one of the most distinctive contemporary auteurs in international art cinema.
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Yorgos Lanthimos is a Greek director born in Athens, celebrated for deadpan, disturbingly deadpan films examining social conditioning and repressed desire through absurdist, tightly controlled premises. Dogtooth, following parents who confine their adult children within their property through fabricated language and reality, established his signature blend of clinical detachment and grotesque family dysfunction, earning international acclaim and an Academy Award nomination. The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer extended his fascination with rigid, absurdist social rules governing love and moral obligation, both made in English with international casts. The Favourite and Poor Things, the latter winning multiple Academy Awards including Best Actress for Emma Stone, showed a shift toward more elaborate period and fantastical production design while retaining his taste for dark, transgressive comedy. Lanthimos's deadpan, tightly controlled examination of social absurdity and repressed desire has made him one of the most distinctive contemporary auteurs in international art cinema.
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Bugonia
2025
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Poor Things
2023
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The Lobster
2015
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The Favourite
2018
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
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Kinds of Kindness
2024
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Dogtooth
2009
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Nimic
2020
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Alps
2011
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Kinetta
2005
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The Rape of Chloe
1995
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Bleat
2022
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My Best Friend
2001
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Yorgos Lanthimos and where are they from?
Yorgos Lanthimos is 52 years old, born on September 23, 1973 in Athens, Greece.
What are the most famous roles of Yorgos Lanthimos?
Yorgos Lanthimos is best known for directing The Lobster, The Favourite, Poor Things.
How many movies has Yorgos Lanthimos directed?
Over a 31-year career (since 1995), Yorgos Lanthimos has directed or written 14 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Yorgos Lanthimos's first movie?
The career of Yorgos Lanthimos began with Fatale ().
What is Yorgos Lanthimos's most recent movie or series?
Yorgos Lanthimos's most recent release is Bugonia, which premiered on October 23, 2025.
Yorgos Lanthimos
1973-09-23 · Athens, Greece
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.Yorgos Lanthimos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.