Athina Rachel Tsangari
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Athina Rachel Tsangari

Mar 31, 1966 - Athens, Greece

Athina Rachel Tsangari is a Greek filmmaker. Some of her most notable works include her feature films, The Slow Business of Going (2000), Attenberg (2010) and Chevalier (2015) as well as the co-production of Yorgos Lanthimos films Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), and Alps (2011). In her versatile work for cinema, she has also founded and been director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival. In 2014-2015, she was invited to Harvard University’s Visual and Environmental Studies department as a Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies.

Tsangari was born in Athens, Greece. She holds a university degree from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and two post-graduate diplomas: an MA in performance studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and an MFA in Film Directing from the University of Texas at Austin.

Her first experience working in film was with a small role in Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker. Since then, Tsangari has assumed multiple roles within the film industry.

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Movie1991SlackerCousin from Greece
Movie1999University, Inc.Self
Movie2013Before MidnightAriadni
Movie2016Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges
Movie2017After BeforeSelf

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Movie2010AttenbergDirectorDirecting
Movie2010AttenbergScreenplayWriting
Movie2010AttenbergProducerProduction
Movie20072DirectorDirecting
Movie20072ProducerProduction
Movie20072Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie20072Camera OperatorCamera
Movie1994FitDirectorDirecting
Movie2012The CapsuleDirectorDirecting
Movie2012The CapsuleScreenplayWriting
Movie2000The Slow Business of GoingDirectorDirecting
Movie2013The Benaki MuseumWriterWriting
Movie2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirectorDirecting
Movie2013The Benaki MuseumDirectorDirecting
Movie2015ChevalierDirectorDirecting
Movie2015ChevalierScreenplayWriting
Movie2010Lovers of HateExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2018ReneepoptosisThanksCrew
Movie2013Before MidnightCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2011AlpsProducerProduction
Movie2025HarvestDirectorDirecting
Movie2007KinettaProducerProduction
Movie2025HarvestProducerProduction
Movie2006Palestine BluesProducerProduction
Movie2006Palestine BluesEditorEditing
Movie2023Ladies in WaitingProducerProduction
Movie2017After BeforeProducerProduction
Movie2017After BeforeCinematographyCrew
Movie2017After BeforeSoundSound
Movie2017The Invisible HandsExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2009DogtoothAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie2017After BeforeDirectorDirecting
Movie2016Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw)ThanksCrew
Movie2019OllaThanksCrew
Movie201324 Frames per CenturyDirectorDirecting
Movie2012The CapsuleProducerProduction
Movie2012The CapsuleArt DirectionArt
Movie2012The CapsuleCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2025HarvestWriterWriting
Movie2012Pearblossom HwyProducerProduction
Movie201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirectorDirecting
Movie2021DiggerProducerProduction
Movie2018FirefliesCo-ProducerProduction
Movie201324 Frames per CenturyProducerProduction
Movie201324 Frames per CenturyScreenplayWriting
Movie201324 Frames per CenturySound DesignerSound
Movie201324 Frames per CenturyProduction DesignArt
Movie2017PreparationProducerProduction
Movie2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedWriterWriting
Movie2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedProducerProduction
Movie2025Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind)DirectorDirecting
Movie2025Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind)ProducerProduction
Movie2025September SaysThanksCrew
MovieN/ALa Première ImageProducerProduction
TV Show2020TrigonometryDirectorDirecting
TV Show2020UploadDirectorDirecting