Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos born September 23 1973 Athens is a Greek filmmaker He has received multiple accolades including a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for five Academy Awards Lanthimos started his career in experimental theatre before making his directorial film debut with the sex comedy My Best Friend 2001 He rose to prominence directing the psychological drama film Dogtooth 2009 which won the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Lanthimos transitioned to making Englishlanguage films with the black comedy The Lobster 2015 which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay He has since collaborated with actress Emma Stone in the period black comedies The Favourite 2018 and Poor Things 2023 He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for both films the latter also won the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival