Costa Gavras
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About
Greek film director who won an Oscar in 1983 for the film Missing, his first film made in English.
Before fame
He was denied a visa to attend film school in the U.S. because of the McCarthyism of the 1950s and the suspicion that he was a communist.
Trivia
He directed the 1969 political thriller Z.
Family life
He married Michele Ray-Gavras in 1968. They had children named Romain and Julie.
Associated with
He directed Jack Lemmon in the film Missing.
