Yorgos Lanthimos

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 Englishlanguage 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia