Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos

1973-09-23 Athens, Greece 24 Credits

Biography

Yorgos Lanthimos (/ˈlænθɪmoʊs/; Greek: Γιώργος Λάνθιμος [ˈʝorɣos ˈlanθimos]; 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 ...

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Bugonia

Bugonia

2025

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

September Says

September Says

2025

Thanks

7.0

Sisters September and July share an intense bond, speaking in a secret language and keeping the outside world at a distance. After September is suspen...

Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

2024

Producer, Director, Writer

6.5
Producing Directing Writing

A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at...

Poor Things

Poor Things

2023

Producer, Director

7.7
Producing Directing

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the pr...

Bleat

Bleat

2022

Director, Writer, Producer

4.6
Directing Writing Producing

A black and white silent short film, set on the Greek Cycladic island of Tenos. A woman in black is mourning inside a simple house. Reality blends wit...

Nimic

Nimic

2020

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.

Winona

Winona

2020

Thanks

5.3

Seems like an ordinary trip to a remote beach. Four young women enjoy the warmth of the sun, the coolness of the sea and one another's company. None o...

In Fabric

In Fabric

2018

Thanks

5.7

A haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store, following the life of a cursed dress as it passes...

The Favourite

The Favourite

2018

Director, Producer

7.5
Directing Producing

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hil...

Pity

Pity

2018

Thanks

6.4

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke ...

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

Director, Producer, Writer

7.0
Directing Producing Writing

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins o...

Chevalier

Chevalier

2015

Thanks

5.7

In the middle of the Aegean Sea, six men on a fishing trip on a luxury yacht decide to play a game. During this game, things will be compared. Things ...

The Lobster

The Lobster

2015

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.0
Directing Writing Producing

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partne...

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director

5.2
Directing

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of t...

Necktie

Necktie

2013

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

5 teens try to discover what happens when you die.

Alps

Alps

2011

Screenplay, Director, Producer

6.2
Writing Directing Producing

A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach offer a service for hire wherein they stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by relatives, frien...

Attenberg

Attenberg

2010

as Engineer

6.2
Acting

Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps...

Attenberg

Attenberg

2010

Producer

6.2
Producing

Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps...

Dogtooth

Dogtooth

2009

Screenplay, Director, Producer

7.1
Writing Directing Producing

Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless h...

Kinetta

Kinetta

2007

Writer, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

At a Greek hotel in the off-season, a chambermaid, a man obsessed with BMW cars, and a photo-store clerk attempt to film and photograph various badly ...

The Last Fakir

The Last Fakir

2005

Thanks

An escape artist trying to escape.

Uranisco Disco

Uranisco Disco

2002

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

About a producer-director of erotic films and his mistress, a wannabe a singer, making a porn-musical.

My Best Friend

My Best Friend

2001

Director

5.1
Directing

My Best Friend is the outrageous story of two men, friends since childhood, who have spent their lives tormenting one another. It is only when Constan...

The Rape of Chloe

The Rape of Chloe

1995

Editor, Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

This short film adapted from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe. The pirates hunt Chloe, capture her, and rape her. Bryaxis, their leader, forces her to dan...