Theo Angelopoulos

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (Template:Langx; (27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on,Template:Sfn and Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn He started making films in 1967. In the 1970s he made a series of political films about modern Greece.

Angelopoulos' films, described by Martin Scorsese as that of "a masterful filmmaker", are characterized by the slightest movement, slightest change in distance, long takes, and complex, carefully composed scenes. His cinematic method is often described as "sweeping" and "hypnotic."Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Angelopoulos has said that in his shots, “time becomes space and space becomes time.” The pauses between action or music are important to creating the total effect.Template:Sfn

In 1998 his film Eternity and a Day went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 51st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, and his films have been shown at many of the world's esteemed film festivals.<ref name="IMDb-TA-a" />

Biography

Theodoros Angelopoulos was born in Athens on 27 April 1935. His father Spyros hailed from the town of Ampeliona, Messenia in the Peloponnese.Template:Sfn During the Greek Civil War, his father was taken hostage and returned when Angelopoulos was 9 years old; according to the director, the absence of his father and looking for him among the dead bodies (during the "Dekemvriana" in Athens) had a great impact on his cinematography.<ref>"Theodoros Angelopoulos", editions Kastanioti, p. 189.</ref>Template:Sfn He studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, but after his military service went to Paris to attend the Sorbonne. He soon dropped out to study film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) before returning to Greece. There, he worked as a journalist and film critic. Angelopoulos began making films after the 1967 coup that began the Regime of the Colonels. He made his first short film in 1968 and in the 1970s he began making a series of political feature films about modern Greece: Days of '36 (Meres Tou 36, 1972), The Travelling Players (O Thiassos, 1975) and The Hunters (I Kynighoi, 1977). In 1978, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="berlinale">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:Quote box He quickly established a characteristic style, marked by slow, episodic and ambiguous narrative structures as well as long takes (The Travelling Players, for example, consists of only 80 shots in about four hours of film). These takes often include meticulously choreographed and complicated scenes involving many actors.

His regular collaborators include the cinematographer Giorgos Arvanitis, the screenwriter Tonino Guerra and the composer Eleni Karaindrou. One of the recurring themes of his work is immigration, the flight from homeland and the return, as well as the history of 20th century Greece. Angelopoulos was considered by British film critics Derek MalcolmTemplate:Sfn and David ThomsonTemplate:Sfn as one of the world's greatest directors. Famous film directors including Werner Herzog<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Emir Kusturica,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Akira Kurosawa,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ingmar Bergman,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wim Wenders,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dušan Makavejev,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> William Friedkin,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Manoel de Oliveira,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Michelangelo Antonioni among others,<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> were also admirers of his works.

While critics have speculated on how he developed his style, Angelopoulos made clear in one interview that "The only specific influences I acknowledge are Orson Welles for his use of plan-sequence and deep focus, and Mizoguchi, for his use of time and off-camera space."<ref>The Last Modernist, ed. Andrew Horton, 1997</ref> He had also cited Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 work Stalker as an influence.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Angelopoulos was awarded honorary doctorates by the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium in 1995, by Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, France, by the University of Essex, UK in July 2001,<ref name="UoE-or-2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> by the University of Western Macedonia, Greece in December 2008,<ref name="UoWM-2008">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and by the University of the Aegean, Greece in December 2009.<ref name="UotA-2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Death

Angelopoulos died late on Tuesday, 24 January 2012, several hours after being involved in a crash while shooting his latest film, The Other Sea in Athens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On that evening, the filmmaker had been with his crew in the area of Drapetsona, near Piraeus when he was hit by a motorcycle, which unconfirmed reports suggested was ridden by an off-duty police officer. The crash occurred when Angelopoulos, 76, attempted to cross a busy road. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated in an intensive care unit but succumbed to his serious injuries several hours later.<ref name="Death">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="guardian-2012-01-24">Template:Cite news</ref> His funeral was a public expense, on 27 January at the First Cemetery of Athens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film and television work by Theo Angelopoulos

Year	Original title	English title	Director	Writer	Notes
1968	Η εκπομπή (I Ekpombi)	Broadcast	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Short film
1970	Αναπαράσταση (Anaparastasi)	Reconstitution	Template:Yes	Template:No
1972	Μέρες του '36 (Meres tou '36)	Days of '36	Template:Yes	Template:No	Part 1 of the "Trilogy of History"
1975	Ο Θίασος (O Thiassos)	The Travelling Players	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Part 2 of the "Trilogy of History"
1977	Οι Κυνηγοί (I Kinighi)	The Hunters	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writer Part 3 of the "Trilogy of History"
1980	Ο Μεγαλέξανδρος (O Megalexandros)	Alexander the Great	Template:Yes	Template:No
1983	Αθήνα, επιστροφή στην Ακρόπολη (Athina, epistrofi stin Akropoli)	Athens, Return to the Acropolis	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Segment of Capitali culturali d'Europa
1984	Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα (Taxidi sta Kythira)	Voyage to Cythera	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writer Part 1 of the "Trilogy of Silence"
1986	Ο Μελισσοκόμος (O Melissokomos)	The Beekeeper	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writer Part 2 of the "Trilogy of Silence"
1988	Τοπίο στην ομίχλη (Topio stin Omichli)	Landscape in the Mist	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writer Part 3 of the "Trilogy of Silence" European Film Award for Best Film 1989
1991	Το Mετέωρο Bήμα Tου Πελαργού (To Meteoro Vima tou Pelargou)	The Suspended Step of the Stork	Template:Yes	Template:No	Part 1 of the "Trilogy of Borders"
1995	Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα (To Vlemma tou Odyssea)	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writer Part 2 of the "Trilogy of Borders"
1995	Lumière et compagnie	Lumière and Company	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-director/co-writer Segment: Up to 52 seconds
1998	Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera)	Eternity and a Day	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-writer Part 3 of the "Trilogy of Borders" Palme d'Or 1998
2004	Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει (Trilogia I: To Livadi pou dakryzi)	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Template:Yes	Template:No	Part 1 of the trilogy on modern Greece
2007	Chacun son cinéma	To Each His Own Cinema	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-director/co-writer Segment: Trois minutes (Three Minutes)
2008	Η Σκόνη του Χρόνου (I skoni tou chronou)	The Dust of Time	Template:Yes	Template:No	Part 2 of the trilogy on modern Greece
2011	Mundo Invisivel	Invisible World	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-director/co-writer Segment: Sky below
—<ref>Left uncompleted by Angelopoulos' unexpected death in January 2012.</ref>	I alli thalassa	The Other Sea	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Part 3 of the trilogy on modern Greece

Awards

Angelopoulos won numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or at the 51st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 for Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera). His films have been shown at the most important film festivals around the world.<ref name="IMDb-TA-a">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year	Issuer	Award	Film	Result
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Hellenic Association of Film Critics – Best Short Fiction	Template:Sort	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1968">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Art Film	Reconstitution	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1970">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek New Director		Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1970" />Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Hellenic Association of Film Critics – Best Film		Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1970" />Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	FIPRESCI – Special Mention		Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-Berlinale-1971">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Film of the Year Shown in France		Template:Won
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Foreign Film		Template:Won
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Director	Days of '36	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1972">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	FIPRESCI – Forum of New Cinema		Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-Berlinale-1973">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	FIPRESCI (Parallel Sections)	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TTP-1975-a">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IMDb-CFF-1975">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Interfilm Award – Forum of New Cinema	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TTP-1975-a"/><ref name="IMDb-Berlinale-1975">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Film	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TTP-1975-a" /><ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1975">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Director	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TTP-1975-a" />Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Screenplay	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TTP-1975-a" />Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Sutherland Trophy	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TTP-1975-a"/><ref name="IMDb-BFI-1975">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Palme d'Or	Template:Sort	Template:Nom<ref name="Cannes-1977">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IMDb-CFF-1977">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Golden Hugo for Best Film	Template:Sort	Template:Won
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Foreign Language Film Director	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TTP-1975-a"/><ref name="IMDb-KJA-1980">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Foreign Language Film	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Template:Nom<ref name="IMDb-TTP-1975-a"/><ref name="IMDb-JAA-1980">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	FIPRESCI	Alexander the Great	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-VFF-1980">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Film	Alexander the Great	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1980">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Hellenic Association of Film Critics – Best Film	Alexander the Great	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1980" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Palme d'Or	Voyage to Cythera	Template:Nom<ref name="Cannes-1984">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IMDb-CFF-1984">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Screenplay	Voyage to Cythera	Template:Won<ref name="Cannes-1984" /><ref name="IMDb-CFF-1984" />Template:Efn
Template:Sort	FIPRESCI	International Critic's Prize	Voyage to Cythera	Template:Won<ref name="Cannes-1984" />Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Critics' Award	Voyage to Cythera	Template:Won
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Golden Lion	Template:Sort	Template:Nom<ref name="IMDb-VFF-1986">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Silver Lion	Landscape in the Mist	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-VFF-1988">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Interfilm Award – Forum of New Cinema	Landscape in the Mist	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-Berlinale-1989">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	European Film Award for Best Film	Landscape in the Mist	Template:Won<ref name="EFA-1989">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IMDb-EFA-1989">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Palme d'Or	The Suspended Step of the Stork	Template:Nom<ref name="IMDb-CFF-1991">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Golden Hugo for Best Director	Landscape in the Mist	Template:WonTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Palme d'Or	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Nom<ref name="Cannes-1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IMDb-CFF-1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Grand Jury Prize	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-CFF-1991" /><ref name="Cannes-1995" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	International Critics' Prize	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-CFF-1991" /><ref name="Cannes-1995" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	FIPRESCI – FELIX of the Critics	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="EFA-1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IMDb-EFA-1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Prix Léon Moussinac – Best Foreign Film	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-FSCC-1996">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Foreign Film Director	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-SR-1996">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best European Film	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Nom<ref name="IMDb-GA-1997">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Foreign Language Film	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-MFC-1997">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Foreign Film	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-SJA-1997">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Foreign Film	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TA-1997">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Palme d'Or	Eternity and a Day	Template:Won<ref name="Cannes-1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IMDb-CFF-1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Prize of the Ecumenical Jury	Eternity and a Day	Template:Won<ref name="Cannes-1998" /><ref name="IMDb-CFF-1998" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Audience Award – Best Feature	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-SPIFF-1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Film	Template:Sort	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Director	Template:Sort	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1998" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Best Greek Screenplay	Template:Sort	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-TIFF-1998" />
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Silver Condor for Best Foreign Film	Ulysses' Gaze	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-ACCA-1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Silver Condor for Best Foreign Film	Eternity and a Day	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-ACCA-2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Golden Bear	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Template:Nom<ref name="IMDb-Berlinale-2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	European Film Award for Best Film	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Template:Nom<ref name="EFA-2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IMDb-EFA-2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Audience Award	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Template:Nom<ref name="EFA-2004" /><ref name="IMDb-EFA-2004" />Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	FIPRESCI – European Film Academy Critics	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Template:Won<ref name="EFA-2004" /><ref name="IMDb-EFA-2004" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Special Jury Prize – Spiritual Competition	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Template:Won<ref name="IMDb-FIFF-2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Lifetime achievement awards

Theodoros Angelopoulos was also the recipient of many awards for his long standing career.<ref name="IMDb-TA-a" />

Year	Provider	Award
Template:Sort	Université libre de Bruxelles	Honorary Doctorate
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	European Silver Ribbon<ref name="IMDb-SR-1996" />
Template:Sort	University of Essex	Honorary Graduate<ref name="UoE-or-2001" />
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Template:Sort	University of Western Macedonia	Honorary Graduate<ref name="UoWM-2008" />
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Template:Sort	University of the Aegean	Honorary Graduate<ref name="UotA-2009" />
Template:Sort	Dokuz Eylül University	Honorary Doctorate
Template:Sort	Paris West University Nanterre La Défense	Honorary Doctorate

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