Theodoros Angelopoulos

Visionary of poetic cinema, Theodoros Angelopoulos was born in 1935 in Athens, Greece, and was active in the film industry from 1965 until his unfortunate demise in 2012. He was renowned for his work primarily in drama and art-house genre films, with his most famous productions including "Landscape in the Mist," "The Weeping Meadow," and the Cannes Film Festival-winning "Eternity and a Day." Angelopoulos was widely celebrated for his distinct authorial style, which was characterized by long, meditative takes and a profound exploration of historical and political themes. Beyond the screen, Angelopoulos was a man deeply in love with his homeland, whose passion for Greece's history and culture was vividly reflected in every frame of his films.