Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece.

He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theatre plays.

Kinetta, his first feature film, played at Toronto and Berlin film festivals to critical acclaim.

His second feature Dogtooth, 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.

The Lobster is his first English language film.