Theodoros Angelopoulos Net Worth
Theodoros Angelopoulos Net Worth is
$9 Million
Theodoros Angelopoulos Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Theo Angelopoulos began to study law in Athens but broke up his studies to go to the Sorbonne in Paris in order to study literature. When he had finished his studies, he wanted to attend the School of Cinema at Paris but decided instead to go back to Greece. There he worked as a journalist and critic for the newspaper "Demokratiki Allaghi" until it... | Date Of Birth | April 27, 1935, Athens, Greece |
| Died | January 24, 2012, Piraeus, Greece |
| Place Of Birth | Athens, Greece |
| Weight | 235.9 kg |
| Profession | Director, Writer, Producer |
| Spouse | Phoebe Economopoulos (m. 1980–2012) |
| Children | Anna Angelopoulou, Katerina Angelopoulou, Eleni Angelopoulou |
| Parents | Spyros Angelopoulos, Katerina Angelopoulou |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Uses long, static takes combined with complex tracking shots and beautiful landscape photography. |
| 2 | Often shoots with rainy, wintry and moody weather in provincial Greece |
| 3 | Shots in his films often drift back and forth in time |
| 4 | Extremely long, elaborately staged takes |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cinema is not in advance of the public any more. It follows. Serious film criticism is slowly dying. I cannot foresee what the cinema will be like tomorrow, the course seems uncertain. (2007) |
| 2 | [on the impact of winning the Palme d'Or on his career] Contrary to what one would have thought, financing of my next projects proved more difficult than before winning. It could however be that that is the result of changes in the film production patterns in Europe where it would seem that, more and more, the tendency is to favour what, in financial terms, is considered a product. |
| 3 | [accepting the Palme d'Or at Cannes for Eternity and a Day (1998) and referring to his acceptance speech for To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995)] If I had not won, I would have made the same speech. |
| 4 | [on winning only the Jury Prize at Cannes for To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) and not the Palme d'Or] If this is what you have to give me, I have nothing to say. |
| 5 | [on O melissokomos (1986)] It's a gesture of despair at the end, but at the moment when he tips over the beehives, he tries to communicate by tapping on the ground in the way that prisoners tap. Because he's a prisoner of a situation and he tries to communicate with past events.... Beekeepers are poetic beings. They have a rapport with nature, and the gathering of honey is like an artistic activity. He communicates with feelings, and at the end he cannot continue that communication. His final despairing gesture is directed also against the bees themselves, like a sculptor would die by toppling his statue onto himself. |
| 6 | Topio stin omichli (1988) is not just about two children looking for their father. It is a journey which is the initiation into life. On the road they learn everything - love and death, lies and truth, beauty and destruction. The journey is simply a way to focus on what life gives us all. |
| 7 | [on To meteoro vima tou pelargou (1991)] In dealing with borders, boundaries, the mixing of languages and cultures today, I am trying to seek a new humanism, a new way. |
| 8 | [on To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995)] Every filmmaker remembers the first time he looked through the viewfinder of a camera. It is a moment which is not so much the discovery of cinema but the discovery of the world. But there comes a moment when the filmmaker begins to doubt his own capacity to see things, when he no longer knows if his gaze is right and innocent. |
| 9 | What do I want to happen? I simply want our life here to become more human. We need to return to those places to find much of what is still important and authentic to our lives. |
| 10 | [on Days of 36 (1972)] The dictatorship is embodied in the formal structure of the film. Imposed silence was one of the conditions under which we worked. The film is... made in such a way that the spectator realizes that censorship is involved. |
| 11 | [on O thiasos (1975)] Greek people have grown up caressing dead stones. I've tried to bring mythology down from the heights and directly to the people. |
| 12 | Oi kynigoi (1977) reflects how a man of my generation sees Greek history, a history whose continuation blends with the years of my own life. It is a study of the historical conscience of the Greek bourgeoisie. In Greece, the ruling class is afraid of history and, for this reason, hides it. The Hunters starts from this premise. |
| 13 | O Megalexandros (1980) involves the transformation of a person into a tyrant. It does not aim only at the phenomenon of fascism or of Stalinism, but also any type of power. The view expressed in Alexander the Great is that of the danger of the transformation of any authority or power, regardless of how good its intentions were at the beginning, into despotism. |
| 14 | For all of the difficulties, all the frustrations and hardships, filmmaking is, finally, a human adventure... |
| 15 | In Taxidi sta Kythira (1984) the voyage is really a reworking of the myth of the Return of Odysseus according to a myth which preceded Homer. Similar to Dante's version, there is a pre-Homeric version that Odysseus set sail again after reaching Ithaca. So the film becomes more a leaving than a homecoming. I have a soft spot for the ancient writings. There really is nothing new. We are all just revising and reconsidering ideas that the ancients first treated. |
| 16 | Prizes are prizes, but I still need to tell that story. And being simple is the hardest thing. |
| 17 | Women more than men are tragic figures. My mother, for example, was Antigone at times or Hecuba other times. In her life she played different roles. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Retrospective at the 8th New Horizons Film Festival (2008). |
| 2 | Often worked with cinematographer Giorgos Arvanitis and Andreas Sinanos, composer Eleni Karaindrou, sound mixer Thanassis Arvanitis, set designer Mikes Karapiperis, writers Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris, Thanassis Valtinos and film editor Giorgos Triandafyllou. |
| 3 | Worked frequently with composer Eleni Karaindrou. |
| 4 | Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978. |
| 5 | Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 40th Cannes International Film Festival in 1987. |
| 6 | Biography in John Wakeman, editor, "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985," pp. 55-59. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. |
| 7 | Former student at L'IDHEC (La FEMIS). He had to leave after only 1 year because of aesthetic disagreements with his teachers, who didn't support his interest in shooting sequences in one long take. Ironically, he later became famous for exactly this style of filmmaking. |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mundo Invisível | 2012 | segment "Céu Inferior" | |
| Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou | 2008 | ||
| Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence | 2007 | segment "Trois Minutes", as Théo Angelopoulos | |
| Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei | 2004 | ||
| Eternity and a Day | 1998 | as Theo Angelopoulos | |
| Lumière et compagnie | 1995 | Documentary as Theo Angelopoulos | |
| To vlemma tou Odyssea | 1995 | ||
| To meteoro vima tou pelargou | 1991 | ||
| Topio stin omichli | 1988 | ||
| O melissokomos | 1986 | ||
| Taxidi sta Kythira | 1984 | ||
| Capitali culturali d'Europa | 1983 | TV Series documentary 1 episode | |
| Oi reporters | 1981 | TV Series documentary 1 episode | |
| O Megalexandros | 1980 | ||
| Oi kynigoi | 1977 | ||
| O thiasos | 1975 | ||
| Days of 36 | 1972 | ||
| Anaparastasi | 1970 | ||
| Ekpombi | 1968 | Short | |
| Peripeteies me tous Forminx | 1965 | uncredited |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mundo Invisível | 2012 | segment "Céu Inferior" | |
| Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou | 2008 | writer | |
| Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei | 2004 | screenplay / story | |
| Eternity and a Day | 1998 | as Theo Angelopoulos | |
| To vlemma tou Odyssea | 1995 | screenplay | |
| To meteoro vima tou pelargou | 1991 | idea | |
| Topio stin omichli | 1988 | screenplay / story | |
| O melissokomos | 1986 | ||
| Taxidi sta Kythira | 1984 | idea / screenplay | |
| Capitali culturali d'Europa | 1983 | TV Series documentary written by - 1 episode | |
| O Megalexandros | 1980 | ||
| Oi kynigoi | 1977 | ||
| O thiasos | 1975 | ||
| Days of 36 | 1972 | writer - as Thodoros Angelopoulos | |
| Anaparastasi | 1970 | ||
| Ekpombi | 1968 | Short writer |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei | 2004 | producer | |
| Eternity and a Day | 1998 | producer | |
| Port Djema | 1997 | associate producer | |
| To vlemma tou Odyssea | 1995 | producer | |
| To meteoro vima tou pelargou | 1991 | producer | |
| Topio stin omichli | 1988 | producer | |
| O melissokomos | 1986 | producer | |
| Taxidi sta Kythira | 1984 | producer | |
| Capitali culturali d'Europa | 1983 | TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode | |
| O Megalexandros | 1980 | producer - as Theo Angelopoulos | |
| Oi kynigoi | 1977 | producer | |
| Ekpombi | 1968 | Short producer |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitler in Hollywood | 2010 | Theo Angelopoulos (as Théo Angelopoulos) | |
| Erimos kai monos gia na mou fygei o ponos | 2006 | ||
| Pros tin elefteria | 1996 | ||
| Kierion | 1974 | ||
| Anaparastasi | 1970 | Journalist | |
| To synithismeno mou oneiro | 1970 | Short | |
| Listeia stin Athina | 1969 | ||
| Zitima synitheias | 1966 | Short |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Running After the Kite | 2012 | Short grateful acknowledgment |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Une journée particulière | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Kurosawa's Way | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Champions: Mia asteia istoria | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| 49o Festival Thessalonikis - 19 kinimatografistes | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Topos zois - Topos mnimis, to elliniko idryma sto Parisi | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Kinomagazin | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 40 x 15 | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Un lugar en el cine | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Filanthropos eirini | 2007 | Documentary short | Himself (voice) |
| Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté | 2005 | Documentary | Himself (as Theo Angelopoulos) |
| Theo on Theo | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The 2004 European Film Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
| Trilogia - Afieroma sto livadi pou dakryzei | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Theo Angelopoulos | 2004 | TV Short | Himself |
| Venti anni prima, i cieli della Grecia... | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Anghelopoulos Backstage | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| O 20os aionas mesa apo to vlemma tou Th. Angelopoulou | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
| Siskel & Ebert | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Festival international de Cannes | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Signé croisette | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| 41 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
| Lumière et compagnie | 1995 | Documentary | Himself (as Théo Angelopoulos) |
| Bouillon de culture | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Media Show | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| L'héritage de la chouette | 1989 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Enas melissokomos pethainei i o allos mythos | 1986 | Documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Memorial Tribute |
| Cinema 3 | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema mil | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Thessalonikis festival kinimatografou | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | ||
| 2010 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Yerevan International Film Festival | ||
| 2009 | International Lifetime Achievement Award | Bombay International Film Festival | ||
| 2009 | Career Achievement Award | Tirana International Film Festival, AL | ||
| 2005 | Special Jury Award | Fajr Film Festival | Spiritual Competition | Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004) |
| 2004 | FIPRESCI Prize | European Film Awards | Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004) | |
| 2004 | Grand Prix Special des Amériques | Montréal World Film Festival | ||
| 2004 | Hand Printing | Pusan International Film Festival | ||
| 2004 | Silver Medallion Award | Telluride Film Festival, US | ||
| 2003 | Honorary Award | Copenhagen International Film Festival | ||
| 2003 | Career Award | Flaiano International Prizes | Cinema | |
| 1999 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) |
| 1998 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) | |
| 1998 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Cannes Film Festival | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) | |
| 1998 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Film | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) |
| 1998 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Director | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) |
| 1998 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) |
| 1997 | Mainichi Film Concours | Mainichi Film Concours | Best Foreign Language Film | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) |
| 1997 | Sant Jordi | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) |
| 1997 | Turia Award | Turia Awards | Best Foreign Film | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) |
| 1996 | Critics Award | French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | Best Foreign Film | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) |
| 1996 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) |
| 1996 | European Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) | |
| 1995 | Grand Prize of the Jury | Cannes Film Festival | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) | |
| 1995 | FIPRESCI Prize | Cannes Film Festival | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) | |
| 1995 | FIPRESCI Prize | European Film Awards | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) | |
| 1992 | Critics Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Topio stin omichli (1988) |
| 1992 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Topio stin omichli (1988) |
| 1989 | Interfilm Award | Berlin International Film Festival | Forum of New Cinema | Topio stin omichli (1988) |
| 1988 | Silver Hugo | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Director | Topio stin omichli (1988) |
| 1988 | Silver Lion | Venice Film Festival | Topio stin omichli (1988) | |
| 1988 | OCIC Award | Venice Film Festival | Topio stin omichli (1988) | |
| 1988 | C.I.C.A.E. Award | Venice Film Festival | Topio stin omichli (1988) | |
| 1988 | Pasinetti Award | Venice Film Festival | Best Film | Topio stin omichli (1988) |
| 1988 | Prize of the Students of the University 'La Sapienza' | Venice Film Festival | Topio stin omichli (1988) | |
| 1988 | Sergio Trasatti Award | Venice Film Festival | Topio stin omichli (1988) | |
| 1988 | FIPRESCI Prize | Venice Film Festival | Competition | Topio stin omichli (1988) |
| 1984 | Best Screenplay | Cannes Film Festival | Taxidi sta Kythira (1984) | |
| 1984 | FIPRESCI Prize | Cannes Film Festival | Taxidi sta Kythira (1984) | |
| 1980 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Foreign Language Film Director | O thiasos (1975) |
| 1980 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Film | O Megalexandros (1980) |
| 1980 | Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Film | O Megalexandros (1980) |
| 1980 | FIPRESCI Prize | Venice Film Festival | O Megalexandros (1980) | |
| 1980 | Special Jury Prize | Venice Film Festival | O Megalexandros (1980) | |
| 1975 | Interfilm Award | Berlin International Film Festival | Forum of New Cinema | O thiasos (1975) |
| 1975 | Sutherland Trophy | British Film Institute Awards | O thiasos (1975) | |
| 1975 | FIPRESCI Prize | Cannes Film Festival | Parallel Sections | O thiasos (1975) |
| 1975 | Special Mention | Taormina International Film Festival | O thiasos (1975) | |
| 1975 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Film | O thiasos (1975) |
| 1975 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Director | O thiasos (1975) |
| 1975 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Screenplay | O thiasos (1975) |
| 1975 | Audience Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Film | O thiasos (1975) |
| 1973 | FIPRESCI Prize | Berlin International Film Festival | Forum of New Cinema | Meres tou '36 (1972) |
| 1972 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Director | Meres tou '36 (1972) |
| 1971 | FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention | Berlin International Film Festival | Anaparastasi (1970) | |
| 1970 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Art Film | Anaparastasi (1970) |
| 1970 | Greek Competition Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best New Director | Anaparastasi (1970) |
| 1970 | Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Film | Anaparastasi (1970) |
| 1968 | Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Short Fiction | Ekpombi (1968) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004) | |
| 2004 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Director | Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004) |
| 2004 | Audience Award | European Film Awards | Best European Director | Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004) |
| 2001 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) |
| 1997 | Goya | Goya Awards | Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) |
| 1995 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995) | |
| 1991 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | To meteoro vima tou pelargou (1991) | |
| 1989 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Director of the Year | Topio stin omichli (1988) |
| 1989 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Screenwriter of the Year | Topio stin omichli (1988) |
| 1988 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | Topio stin omichli (1988) | |
| 1986 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | O melissokomos (1986) | |
| 1984 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Taxidi sta Kythira (1984) | |
| 1980 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | O Megalexandros (1980) | |
| 1977 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Oi kynigoi (1977) | |
| 1975 | Golden Charybdis | Taormina International Film Festival | O thiasos (1975) | |
| 1973 | Gold Hugo | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | Meres tou '36 (1972) |
| 1973 | Gold Hugo | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | Anaparastasi (1970) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Audience Award | São Paulo International Film Festival | Best Feature | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) |
Known for movies
Topio stin omichli (1988)
as Director
Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004)
as Director
Eternity and a Day (1998)
as Director
To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995)
as Director
