
Person
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Directing · Born 1966-04-02 · Athens, Kingdom of Greece [now Greece]
Biography
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.
Known for

Upload
Director

Before Midnight
Ariadni

Dogtooth
Associate Producer

Trigonometry
Director

Slacker
Cousin from Greece

Preparation
Producer

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director

Reneepoptosis
Thanks

Harvest
Director

Alps
Producer
Filmography
- 2025The First ImageProducer
- 2025HarvestDirector
- 2025September SaysThanks
- 2023Ladies in WaitingProducer
- 2021DiggerProducer
- 2020UploadDirector
- 2020TrigonometryDirector
- 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirector
- 2019OllaThanks
- 2018FirefliesCo-Producer
- 2018ReneepoptosisThanks
- 2017PreparationProducer
- 2017After BeforeSelf
- 2017The Invisible HandsExecutive Producer
- 2016Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges
- 2016Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw)Thanks
- 2015ChevalierDirector
- 2013The Benaki MuseumWriter
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
- 201324 Frames per CenturyDirector
- 2013Before MidnightAriadni
- 2012Pearblossom HwyProducer
- 2012The CapsuleScreenplay
- 2011AlpsProducer
- 2010AttenbergDirector
- 2010Lovers of HateExecutive Producer
- 2009DogtoothAssociate Producer
- 2007Dimitris Papaioannou 2Producer
- 2006Palestine BluesEditor
- 2005KinettaProducer
- 2000The Slow Business of GoingDirector
- 1999University, Inc.Self
- 1994FitDirector
- 1990SlackerCousin from Greece
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