Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos

Known for Directing · 10 titles on FreeFlix

Yorgos Lanthimos is credited on FreeFlix as a director, with TMDB listing their main department as Directing. Their catalogue-connected work here covers 10 films.

The titles drawing the most attention are The Lobster (2015), The Favourite (2018), Poor Things (2023) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).

Across that filmography the recurring genres are drama, comedy, thriller — these are genres calculated from their credits, not an official label.

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Biography

Yorgos Lanthimos (Greek: Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, born 23 September 1973) is a Greek filmmaker. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Golden Lion, as well as nominations for five Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. 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 by 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 English-language films with the black comedy The Lobster (2015), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and the psychological thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). He collaborated with actress Emma Stone in the period black…

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Known For

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Alps (2011) poster

Alps

2011 • Screenplay

Genres associated with their filmography

Calculated from the 10 catalogue titles above — these are the genres their work most often falls under, not an official classification.

Drama (7)Comedy (6)Thriller (3)Mystery (3)Romance (2)

Frequent Collaborations

People credited alongside Yorgos Lanthimos on more than one of the titles above.

  • Efthimis Filippou3 shared titles: The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth
  • Colin Farrell2 shared titles: The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Rachel Weisz2 shared titles: The Lobster, The Favourite
  • Olivia Colman2 shared titles: The Lobster, The Favourite
  • Angeliki Papoulia2 shared titles: The Lobster, Dogtooth
  • Emma Stone2 shared titles: The Favourite, Poor Things

Further credits

Smaller or less widely rated credits, listed for completeness.