Yorgos Lanthimos is a Greek filmmaker. Known for his absurdist, eccentric, and disturbing films, he is often described as one of the most preeminent talents of his generation. He has received various accolades including a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for six Academy Awards, four Critics' Choice Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. His films have competed at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival, where he has won four prizes and two prizes respectively. He has also received two British Independent Film Awards, and four European Film Awards as well as nominations for a Gotham Award, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Producers Guild of America Award.
After making directorial debut in 2001 Lanthimos gained attention for his absurdist psychological drama film Dogtooth (2009) which was won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He directed another psychological drama Alps (2011) which won the Golden Osella for Best Screenplay at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Lanthimos directed his first English-language film, the absurdist black comedy The Lobster (2015) which won the Jury Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. With psychological horror film The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) he received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.
Lanthimos gained mainstream success with the black comedy costume drama The Favourite (2018), his first collaboration of many with actress Emma Stone, earned him the Grand Jury Prize at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film as well as Academy Award nominations for the Best Picture and Best Director. He was OscarâÂÂnominated in the same categories for his second collaboration with Emma Stone in the Gothic fantasy Poor Things (2023), in addition to the Golden Lion win at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, and a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Director. Lanthimos reunited with Stone for the third time in his anthology film, Kinds of Kindness (2024) which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.