---
name: "Efthimis Filippou"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/efthimis-filippou"
fi1m_id: "efthimis-filippou"
imdb_id: "nm3328207"
tmdb_id: 136427
wikidata_id: "Q12877360"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T12:43:35.092750+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Efthimis Filippou

## Identity

Efthimis Filippou

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/efthimis-filippou
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** efthimis-filippou
- **IMDb ID:** nm3328207
- **TMDB ID:** 136427
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12877360
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efthimis_Filippou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12877360, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3328207/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136427

Writer. Born 16 January 1977 in Acharnes, Grecia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 January 1977, Acharnes, Grecia
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Ευθύμης Φιλίππου, Efthymis Filippou
- **Frequently works with:** [Ed Guiney](https://film.one/person/ed-guiney.md), [Yorgos Lanthimos](https://film.one/person/yorgos-lanthimos.md), [Colin Farrell](https://film.one/person/colin-farrell.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 75 (2), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $43m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efthimis_Filippou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12877360, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3328207/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136427

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Lobster*](https://film.one/film/the-lobster.md) (78), [*The Killing of a Sacred Deer*](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md) (72)

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## Biography

Efthimis Filippou is a Greek screenwriter, playwright and author. He is best known for his long collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos, with whom he co-wrote the screenplays for *Dogtooth* (2009), *Alps* (2011), *The Lobster* (2015), *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* (2017) and *Kinds of Kindness* (2024).

Filippou has also written plays, books and other screenplays. His stage works have been presented at festivals and theatres in Greece, including the Athens Epidaurus Festival. He shared the Golden Osella for Best Screenplay at the 2011 Venice Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for *The Lobster*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, efthimisfilippou.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kinds of Kindness* (2024), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/kinds-of-kindness.md)
- *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* (2017), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md)
- *The Lobster* (2015), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lobster.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rosebush Pruning* (2026), Screenplay
- *Bugonia* (2025), Thanks — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/bugonia.md)
- *Kinds of Kindness* (2024), Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/kinds-of-kindness.md)
- *Polydroso* (2024), Actor
- *Apples* (2021), Thanks
- *Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports* (2020), Director, Concept Artist, Creator, Writer
- *A window to the world* (2020), Writer
- *Nimic* (2020), Writer
- *Olla* (2019), Thanks
- *The Favourite* (2018), Thanks — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *Pity* (2018), Lyricist, Writer
- *Icebergs* (2018), Book
- *Baton* (2018), Writer
- *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* (2017), Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md)
- *Suntan* (2016), Thanks
- *Chevalier* (2015), Screenplay
- *The Lobster* (2015), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lobster.md)
- *L* (2012), Co-Producer, Writer
- *Alps* (2011), as Lamp Shop Owner · Screenplay
- *Attenberg* (2010), Thanks
- *Dogtooth* (2009), Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Efthimis Filippou](https://film.one/media/person/11341/gallery-3dc7a294bd3a.jpg) Efthimis Filippou — User:Celestinesucess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Efthimis_Filippou_at_Berlin_Film_Festival_2026%2C_%28P1230553%29.jpg/1280px-Efthimis_Filippou_at_Berlin_Film_Festival_2026%2C_%28P1230553%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Efthimis Filippou](https://film.one/media/person/11341/gallery-051ae0cd7d79.jpg) Efthimis Filippou — Image via TMDB
- ![Efthimis Filippou](https://film.one/media/person/11341/gallery-18fdb74f29fc.jpg) Efthimis Filippou — Image via TMDB
- ![Efthimis Filippou](https://film.one/media/person/11341/gallery-4b59eca97e3e.jpg) Efthimis Filippou — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2017: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Lobster*

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2017: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *The Killing of a Sacred Deer*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2015: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Lobster*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2015: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (won), for *The Lobster*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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