Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta (2005), his first feature film, played at Toronto and Berlin film festivals to critical acclaim. His second feature Dogtooth (2009), won the "Un Certain Regard prize" at the 2009 Cannes film festival, followed by numerous awards at festivals worldwide. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award (Oscar) in 2011. Alps won the "Osella for best screenplay" at the 2011 Venice film festival and Best Film at the Sydney film festival in 2012. His first English language film The Lobster (2015) was presented in Competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Moreover, "The Lobster" was nominated for the (Oscar about the) Best Original Screenplay by the Academy and won Best Screenplay and Best Costume Design at the European Film Awards of 2015. His fifth project The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) was also presented in Competition at the 70th Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for the best Screenplay. Lanthimos's next film The Favourite (2018) is a historical Drama about the British Queen Anne.

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Yorgos Lanthimos at an event for Poor Things (2023)

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone in The Favourite (2018)

Yorgos Lanthimos at an event for Kinds of Kindness (2024)

Yorgos Lanthimos, Mark Ruffalo, and Emma Stone in 81st Golden Globe Awards (2024)

Willem Dafoe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mark Ruffalo, and Emma Stone in 81st Golden Globe Awards (2024)

Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, and Barry Keoghan in The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Stone, Christopher Abbott, Ramy Youssef, and Jerrod Carmichael in Poor Things (2023)

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