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Director, Screenwriter Born: February 12, 1933 in Klivia, Greece Biography:"Costa-Gavras" gleaned his political activism literally from his father's knee. The senior Gavras was a Greek government functionary who performed heroically in the resistance movement against the occupying Nazi forces in World War II. At war's end, the outspoken Gavras found himself labeled a communist by the new regime. As a result, young "Costa-Gavras" was denied entrance to the U.S., where he hoped to study filmmaking. He moved instead to Paris, studying literature at the Sorbonne and working as an assistant to several of France's top directors. "Costa-Gavras" displayed both the techniques he'd learned from such masters as Renoir and Demy (and the tricks he'd picked up through incessant viewings of American films) in his first directorial effort, "The Sleeping Car Murders" (1966). It would be the last pure-entertainment effort in "Costa-Gavras"' career; once the Greek government was toppled in a... Full Biography
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