Yorgos Lanthimos

Best known as a Director based on credits in that role in 8 films, with $237,341,004 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #685)
Best-known technical roles: Poor Things (Director), Poor Things (Producer), The Favourite (Director), The Favourite (Producer), The Lobster (Director)
Best-known acting roles: The Engineer (Attenberg)
Most productive collaborators: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Deborah Davis, Rachel Weisz, Tony McNamara
Born: May 27, 1973 (50 years old)
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
As an ActorSupporting1$42,582$0$42,582
In Technical RolesDirector8$80,245,021$157,095,983$237,341,004
Producer6$80,287,603$157,095,983$237,383,586
Screenwriter4$11,504,235$17,433,307$28,937,542
Co-Producer1$110,248$1,263,159$1,373,407

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Weekend predictions: The Boy and the Heron, and Songbirds and Snakes; and Beyoncé, and Godzilla

December 8th, 2023

The Boy and the Heron

The movie gods have put together another mix of interesting, but hard to predict, new releases this weekend, led by Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron. After the success of the rather different Godzilla Minus One last weekend, Japanese films are having a bit of a moment, and those two will likely both be in the top four by the end of the weekend. Where they land exactly is a little harder to predict. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... Green Book for Best Picture

February 24th, 2019

Green Book

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

February 24th, 2019

The Favourite

It’s Oscar Day, and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I would be happy with half of the Best Picture nominees winning. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Director

February 21st, 2019

Roma

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Director, which is not exactly competitive, but it is yet another category where we have a favorite, but where an upset wouldn’t be too shocking. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 23rd, 2019

The Favourite

The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year for reasons no one has been able to adequately explain to me. Because it was the day after a long weekend, it took a bit of time to get all the normal work done and digest the results. And there were some interesting results to digest. No one film led the way with total nominations, as two films, The Favourite and Roma tied with 10 nominations each. More...

2018 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 12th, 2019

The Favorite

The BAFTA nominations were announced and The Favorite led the way with 12 nominations. Sometimes the BAFTAs are a really good indicator for who will do well on Oscar night. Other times their bias to British films is too much. I think this year will be an example of the latter and I don't think The Favourite is suddenly an Oscar favorite. That said, there’s still some things you can learn here. More...

2018 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 6th, 2018

Vice

The Golden Globes nominations are the second major Awards Season set to come out. It is still very early in the year and the predictive value of the Golden Globes is a little suspect, but there are still some things to learn here. For example Vice led the way with six nominations, so its Oscar chances have gone up, but don’t expect it to lead the way when the Oscars nominations are announced. More...

2016 - Awards Season - And the Oscar Goes to... La La Land Moonlight!

February 26th, 2017

Moonlight

It’s Oscar night and we were live blogging the show. Read on the the highlights of what turned out to be a crazy night. More...

2016 - Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations - Final Look

February 26th, 2017

La La Land

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees in italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Original Screenplay

February 22nd, 2017

Manchester by the Sea

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at the two Screenwriting Categories, starting with Best Original Screenplay. At one time, La La Land looked to be the favorite, but that no longer seems to be the case. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 24th, 2017

La La Land

The Oscar nominations were announced starting at 5:18 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, it’s a boring year for nominations with very few surprises worth talking about, especially in the biggest categories. Leading the way was La La Land with 14 nominations, tying the record. More...

All Acting Credits



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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Mar 9, 2012Attenberg The Engineer $42,582$42,582
 
Averages $42,582n/a$42,582
Totals 1 $42,582n/a$42,582

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All Technical Credits

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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Jun 21, 2024Kinds of Kindness Director
Dec 8, 2023Poor Things Director
Producer
$34,374,003$78,200,000$112,574,003
Oct 18, 2019Kinetta Director
Screenwriter
Nov 23, 2018The Favourite Director
Producer
$34,366,783$61,462,676$95,829,459
Oct 20, 2017The Killing of a Sacred Deer Director
Screenwriter
Producer
$2,291,900$8,416,845$10,708,745
Mar 25, 2016The Lobster Director
Screenwriter
Producer
$9,196,278$8,788,783$17,985,061
Jul 13, 2012Alpeis Director
Screenwriter
Producer
$16,057$227,679$243,736
Mar 9, 2012Attenberg Producer $42,582$42,582
Jun 25, 2010Kynodontas Co-Producer $110,248$1,263,159$1,373,407
 
Averages $11,485,407$26,393,190$34,108,142
Totals 9 $80,397,851$158,359,142$238,756,993


Director Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Jun 21, 2024Kinds of Kindness
Dec 8, 2023Poor Things $661,2302,300$34,374,003$112,574,00330.5%
Oct 18, 2019Kinetta
Nov 23, 2018The Favourite $422,4101,554$34,366,783$95,829,45935.9%
Oct 20, 2017The Killing of a Sacre… $115,120238$2,291,900$10,708,74521.4%
Mar 25, 2016The Lobster $50,003563$9,196,278$17,985,06151.1%
Jul 13, 2012Alpeis $2,6283$16,057$243,7366.6%
 
Averages $250,278932$16,049,004$47,468,20129.1%
Totals 7 $80,245,021$237,341,004


Producer Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Dec 8, 2023Poor Things $661,2302,300$34,374,003$112,574,00330.5%
Nov 23, 2018The Favourite $422,4101,554$34,366,783$95,829,45935.9%
Oct 20, 2017The Killing of a Sacre… $115,120238$2,291,900$10,708,74521.4%
Mar 25, 2016The Lobster $50,003563$9,196,278$17,985,06151.1%
Jul 13, 2012Alpeis $2,6283$16,057$243,7366.6%
Mar 9, 2012Attenberg $3,9982$42,582$42,582100.0%
 
Averages $209,232777$13,381,267$39,563,93140.9%
Totals 6 $80,287,603$237,383,586


Writer Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Oct 18, 2019Kinetta
Oct 20, 2017The Killing of a Sacre… $115,120238$2,291,900$10,708,74521.4%
Mar 25, 2016The Lobster $50,003563$9,196,278$17,985,06151.1%
Jul 13, 2012Alpeis $2,6283$16,057$243,7366.6%
 
Averages $55,917268$3,834,745$9,645,84726.4%
Totals 4 $11,504,235$28,937,542