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Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος) (27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer.

An acclaimed and multi-awarded film director who dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world. He started making films in 1967. In the 1970s he made a series of political films about modern Greece.

Angelopoulos' work, described by Martin Scorsese as that of "a masterful filmmaker", is characterized by slightest movement, slightest change in distance, long takes, and complex yet carefully composed scenes; his cinematic method, as a result, is often described as "sweeping" and "hypnotic."

In 1998 his film Eternity and a Day went on to win the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 51st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, and his films have been shown at many of the world's most esteemed film festivals. In 2000 he was the President of the Jury at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. The life of Theo Angelopoulos, his work, and his passion were the subject of a documentary directed in 2008 by Elodie Lelu.

Angelopoulos died late on Tuesday, 24 January 2012, at 76 years old after being involved in a crash with a motorcycle ridden by an off-duty police officer. He was taken to hospital, where he was treated in an intensive care unit but succumbed to his serious injuries several hours later.

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Director de cine griego. Nació en Atenas, hijo de un pequeño comerciante, estudió Derecho en su ciudad natal y, después del servicio militar, se trasladó a París para estudiar con el antropólogo Claude Lévi-Strauss en la Universidad de la Sorbona. Realizó muchos y variados trabajos, y así, entró en contacto con el cine. Volvió a su país en 1964, donde trabajó como crítico cinematográfico para el periódico de izquierdas Dimokratiki Allaghi hasta su cierre en 1967. Después de fracasar en su intento de rodar un corto sobre un grupo de músicos pop, en 1968 consiguió realizar uno de 23 minutos, Ekpombi, nunca exhibido fuera de Grecia, en el que ya se vislumbraba el estilo del autor: utilización de tiempos muertos, de planos secuencia y alteración del eje cronológico, con dilataciones del ritmo espacio-temporal. Con Días del 36 (1972), primera parte de una trilogía que continuó con El viaje de los comediantes (1975), considerada su obra maestra, y Los cazadores (1977), Angelopoulos comenzó una reflexión crítica sobre la historia contemporánea de Grecia, concretamente sobre el periodo que terminó con la dictadura de los coroneles. Siguió Alejandro el Grande (1980), que ganó el León de Oro del Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia. Marcello Mastroianni protagonizó dos películas suyas: El apicultor (1986) y Le pas suspendu de la cicogne (1991). Entre estas dos películas conoció a Tonino Guerra, con el que trabajó en Paisaje en la niebla (1988) y en la más reciente La mirada de Ulises (1995). En 1998 ganó la Palma de Oro del Festival de Cannes con la película La eternidad y un día.

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