Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
53 years · Athens, Greece · 17 films
Yorgos Lanthimos (Greek: Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, born 23 September 1973) is a Greek filmmaker. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Golden Lion, as well as nominations for five Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Lanthimos started his career in experimental theatre before making his directorial film debut with the sex comedy My Best Friend (2001). He rose to prominence by directing the psychological drama film Dogtooth (2009), which won the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Lanthimos transitioned to making English-language films with the black comedy The Lobster (2015), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and the psychological thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). He collaborated with actress Emma Stone in the period black comedies The Favourite (2018) and Poor Things (2023) and the anthology film Kinds of Kindness (2024). He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for The Favourite and Poor Things, in addition to winning the Golden Lion for the latter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yorgos Lanthimos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
Filmography 17
The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia
2025 · Self
Bugonia
2025 · Director, Producer
On Netflix
Kinds of Kindness
2024 · Director, Writer
Poor Things
2023 · Producer, Director
On Hulu
Bleat
2022 · Director, Writer
Nimic
2020 · Director, Writer
The Favourite
2018 · Director, Producer
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 · Director, Producer
On HBO Max
The Lobster
2015 · Director, Producer
On HBO Max
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Director
Alps
2011 · Director, Screenplay
Attenberg
2010 · Engineer, Producer
On Kanopy
Dogtooth
2009 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
Kinetta
2005 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Uranisco Disco
2002 · Writer, Director
My Best Friend
2001 · Director
The Rape of Chloe
1995 · Director, Writer