---
name: "Thodoros Angelopoulos"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/theo-angelopoulos"
fi1m_id: "theo-angelopoulos"
imdb_id: "nm0000766"
tmdb_id: 10316
wikidata_id: "Q55168"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "27 April 1935"
died: "24 January 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:49:33.991531+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."
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# Thodoros Angelopoulos

## Identity

Thodoros Angelopoulos

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/theo-angelopoulos
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** theo-angelopoulos
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000766
- **TMDB ID:** 10316
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55168
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Angelopoulos, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000766/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10316

Director and writer. Born 27 April 1935 in Athens, Greece. Died 24 January 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 27 April 1935, Athens, Greece
- **Died:** 24 January 2012
- **Active:** 1975–1988
- **Also known as:** Theo Angelopoulos, Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος, Théo Angelopoulos, Theodoros Angelopoulos, テオ・アンゲロプロス, テオドロス・アンゲロプロス, 테오도로스 앙겔로풀로스, 테오 앙겔로풀로스, 西奥·安哲罗普洛斯, Teo Angelopoulos, Theo Aggelopoulos, Θοδωρος Αγγελοπουλος
- **Frequently works with:** [Aliki Georgouli](https://film.one/person/aliki-georgouli.md), [Eva Kotamanidou](https://film.one/person/eva-kotamanidou.md)
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 2 Cannes prizes (2 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Angelopoulos, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000766/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10316

## Biography

Theo Angelopoulos was a Greek film director and screenwriter. Born in Athens on 27 April 1935, he studied law at the University of Athens and later trained at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris.

He made his feature debut in 1970 and rose to prominence with historical and political films including *The Travelling Players* (1975). Later works such as *Voyage to Cythera* (1984), *Landscape in the Mist* (1988) and *Eternity and a Day* (1998), the last of which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, established his international reputation.

Angelopoulos died on 24 January 2012 in Piraeus following a road accident.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Landscape in the Mist* (1988), Fi1m 83, Story, Screenplay, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/landscape-in-the-mist.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *I have yesterday's hands, I'm missing tomorrow's* (2025), Actor
- *Invisible World* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Céu Inferior* (2012), Director
- *The Dust of Time* (2008), Director, Writer
- *To Each His Own Cinema* (2007), Director
- *Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine* (2007), Actor
- *Deserted and alone to make my pain go away* (2006), Actor
- *Theo on Theo* (2004), Actor
- *The Weeping Meadow* (2004), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Kiarostami in Close up* (2000), as as Self
- *Eternity and a Day* (1998), Director, Producer, Screenplay, Idea
- *Port Djema* (1997), Associate Producer
- *Towards Freedom* (1996), Actor
- *Lumière & Company* (1995), Director
- *Ulysses' Gaze* (1995), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Suspended Step of the Stork* (1991), Director, Writer, Producer, Story
- *Landscape in the Mist* (1988), Director, Story, Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/landscape-in-the-mist.md)
- *The Beekeeper* (1986), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Voyage to Cythera* (1984), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Athens, Return to the Acropolis* (1983), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *One Village, One Villager...* (1981), Director
- *Alexander the Great* (1980), Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Hunters* (1977), Director, Screenplay, Idea
- *The Travelling Players* (1975), Director, Screenplay
- *Kierion* (1974), as Assistant Production Coordinator
- *Days of '36* (1972), Director, Writer
- *Reconstruction* (1970), as Journalist (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay
- *Robbery in Athens* (1969), Actor
- *Broadcast* (1968), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Jimmy the Tiger* (1966), Actor
- *Theo Angelopoulos: A Lifework in Film*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Thodoros Angelopoulos](https://film.one/media/person/3919803/gallery-996f85760b1e.jpg) Thodoros Angelopoulos — George Laoutaris, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Theodoros_Angelopoulos_Athens_26-4-2009-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Thodoros Angelopoulos](https://film.one/media/person/3919803/gallery-dcec1be3af54.jpg) Thodoros Angelopoulos — Image via TMDB
- ![Thodoros Angelopoulos](https://film.one/media/person/3919803/gallery-c6bbaf37b3bc.jpg) Thodoros Angelopoulos — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 2 won

- 1998: Palme d'Or (won), for *Eternity and a Day*
- 1995: Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (won), for *Ulysses' Gaze*

### Venice Film Festival — 1 won

- 1980: Golden Lion (won), for *Alexander the Great*

### Other awards — 11 won, 6 nominated

- Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes 2008: Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes (won)
- European Film Academy Critics Award 2004: European Film Academy Critics Award (won), for *Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow*
- European Film Award for Best Director 2004: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow*
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director 2004: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow*
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 2004: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)
- honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University 2004: honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University (won)
- Arts and Culture Prize of German Catholics 2001: Arts and Culture Prize of German Catholics (won)
- honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University 1998: honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University (won)
- Goya Award for Best European Film 1997: Goya Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Ulysses' Gaze*
- European Film Academy Critics Award 1995: European Film Academy Critics Award (won), for *Ulysses' Gaze*
- European Film Award for Best Film 1995: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Ulysses' Gaze*
- European Film Award for Best Director 1989: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Landscape in the Mist*
- European Film Award for Best Film 1989: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Landscape in the Mist*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 1989: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Landscape in the Mist*
- Silver Lion 1988: Silver Lion (won), for *Landscape in the Mist*
- Best Screenplay Award 1984: Best Screenplay Award (won), for *Voyage to Cythera*
- Sutherland Trophy 1975: Sutherland Trophy (won), for *The Travelling Players*

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

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