{"id":30905,"date":"2026-07-10T18:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=yorgos-lanthimos"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:57:29","slug":"yorgos-lanthimos","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=yorgos-lanthimos","title":{"rendered":"Yorgos Lanthimos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yorgos\u00a0Lanthimos\u00a0(Greek:\u00a0\u0393\u03b9\u03ce\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u039b\u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2, born 23 September 1973) is a Greek filmmaker. He has received\u00a0multiple accolades, including a\u00a0BAFTA Award and a\u00a0Golden Lion, as well as nominations for five\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award.<\/p>\n<p>Lanthimos started his career in\u00a0experimental theatre\u00a0before making his directorial film debut with the sex comedy\u00a0My Best Friend\u00a0(2001). He rose to prominence by directing the psychological drama film\u00a0Dogtooth\u00a0(2009), which won the\u00a0Un Certain Regard prize at the\u00a0Cannes Film Festival\u00a0and was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Lanthimos transitioned to making English-language films with the black comedy\u00a0The Lobster\u00a0(2015), which earned him an\u00a0Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and the psychological thriller\u00a0The Killing of a Sacred Deer\u00a0(2017).<\/p>\n<p>He collaborated with actress\u00a0Emma Stone\u00a0in the period black comedies\u00a0The Favourite\u00a0(2018) and\u00a0Poor Things\u00a0(2023) and the anthology film\u00a0Kinds of Kindness\u00a0(2024). He received nominations for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Director\u00a0and\u00a0Best Picture\u00a0for\u00a0The Favourite\u00a0and\u00a0Poor Things, in addition to winning the Golden Lion for the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Yorgos Lanthimos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yorgos\u00a0Lanthimos\u00a0(Greek:\u00a0\u0393\u03b9\u03ce\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u039b\u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2, born 23 September 1973) is a Greek filmmaker. He has received\u00a0multiple accolades, including a\u00a0BAFTA Award and a\u00a0Golden Lion, as well as nominations for five\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award. Lanthimos started his career in\u00a0experimental theatre\u00a0before making his directorial film debut with the sex comedy\u00a0My Best Friend\u00a0(2001). 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