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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Bugonia
2025
Director, Producer
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
2025
Thanks
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
2024
Producer, Director, Writer
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
2023
Producer, Director
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
2022
Director, Writer, Producer
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
2020
Director, Writer
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.

Winona
2020
Thanks
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
2018
Thanks
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
2018
Director, Producer
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
2018
Thanks
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
2017
Director, Producer, Writer
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
2015
Thanks
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
2015
Director, Screenplay, Producer
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
2013
Director
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
2013
Director, Producer
5 teens try to discover what happens when you die.

Alps
2011
Screenplay, Director, Producer
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
2010
as Engineer
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
2010
Producer
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
2009
Screenplay, Director, Producer
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
2007
Writer, Director
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
2005
Thanks
An escape artist trying to escape.

Uranisco Disco
2002
Writer, Director
About a producer-director of erotic films and his mistress, a wannabe a singer, making a porn-musical.

My Best Friend
2001
Director
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
1995
Editor, Director, Writer
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...