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Athina Rachel Tsangari
Athens, Kingdom of Greece [now 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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
The First Image
Movie Producer
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2025
Harvest
Movie Director
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2025
September Says
Movie Thanks
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2023
Ladies in Waiting
Movie Producer
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2021
Digger
Movie Producer
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2020
Upload
TV show Director
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2020
Trigonometry
TV show Director
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2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Movie Director
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2019
Olla
Movie Thanks
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2018
Fireflies
Movie Co-Producer
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2018
Reneepoptosis
Movie Thanks
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2017
Preparation
Movie Producer
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2017
After Before
Movie Self
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2017
The Invisible Hands
Movie Executive Producer
- 2016
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2016
Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw)
Movie Thanks
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2015
Chevalier
Movie Director
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2013
The Benaki Museum
Movie Writer
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2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie Director
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2013
24 Frames per Century
Movie Director
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2013
Before Midnight
Movie Ariadni
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2012
Pearblossom Hwy
Movie Producer
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2012
The Capsule
Movie Screenplay
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2011
Alps
Movie Producer
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2010
Attenberg
Movie Director
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2010
Lovers of Hate
Movie Executive Producer
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2009
Dogtooth
Movie Associate Producer
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2007
Dimitris Papaioannou 2
Movie Producer
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2006
Palestine Blues
Movie Editor
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2005
Kinetta
Movie Producer
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2000
The Slow Business of Going
Movie Director
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1999
University, Inc.
Movie Self
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1994
Fit
Movie Director
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1990
Slacker
Movie Cousin from Greece
