Yorgos Lanthimos is a Greek film, video and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. As of 2019, he has received four Academy Award nominations, Best Foreign Language Film (Dogtooth), Best Original Screenplay (The Lobster), Best Picture and Best Director (The Favourite). His feature film career started with the mainstream film My Best Friend where he shared directing credits with Lakis Lazopoulos and was followed by the experimental film Kinetta which premiered at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival. His third feature film Dogtooth won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. His fourth feature film Alps (2011) won the Osella Award for Best Screenplay at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. The script for his fifth film The Lobster was awarded with the ARTE International Award as Best CineMart Project for 2013 at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize. During the 75th Venice Film Festival, he presented his latest work The Favourite (2018), and won the Grand Jury Prize.

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