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Athina Rachel Tsangari

Athina Rachel Tsangari

Director · Born April 2, 1966 · Athens, Kingdom of Greece [now Greece]

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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.

Directed 13

2020s

  1. 2025

    Harvest

    Director

  2. 2020

    Upload

    Director

    77

  3. Trigonometry

    Director

2010s

  1. 2019

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    Director

  2. 2017

    After Before

    Director

  3. 2015

    Chevalier

    Director

  4. 2013

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Director

    56

  5. 24 Frames per Century

    Director

  6. 2012

    The Capsule

    Director

  7. 2010

    Attenberg

    Director

2000s

  1. 2007

    Dimitris Papaioannou 2

    Director

  2. 2000

    The Slow Business of Going

    Director

1990s

  1. 1994

    Fit

    Director

Produced 19

2020s

  1. 2025

    The First Image

    Producer

  2. Harvest

    Producer

  3. 2023

    Ladies in Waiting

    Producer

  4. 2021

    Digger

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2018

    Fireflies

    Co-Producer

  2. 2017

    Preparation

    Producer

  3. After Before

    Producer

  4. The Invisible Hands

    Executive Producer

  5. 2013

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Producer

    56

  6. Before Midnight

    Co-Producer

    85
  7. 2012

    Pearblossom Hwy

    Producer

  8. The Capsule

    Producer

  9. 2011

    Alps

    Producer

    67
  10. 2010

    Attenberg

    Producer

  11. Lovers of Hate

    Executive Producer

2000s

  1. 2009

    Dogtooth

    Associate Producer

    76
  2. 2007

    Dimitris Papaioannou 2

    Producer

  3. 2006

    Palestine Blues

    Producer

  4. 2005

    Kinetta

    Producer

    43

Wrote 5

2020s

  1. 2025

    Harvest

    Screenplay

2010s

  1. 2015

    Chevalier

    Screenplay

  2. 2013

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Writer

    56
  3. 2012

    The Capsule

    Screenplay

  4. 2010

    Attenberg

    Screenplay

Acted in 2

Other crew 1

2010s

  1. 2017

    After Before

    Cinematography

Camera 1

2000s

  1. 2007

    Dimitris Papaioannou 2

    Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Edited 1

2000s

  1. 2006

    Palestine Blues

    Editor

Sound 1

2010s

  1. 2017

    After Before

    Sound

Art department 1

2010s

  1. 2012

    The Capsule

    Art Direction

Costume and makeup 1

2010s

  1. 2012

    The Capsule

    Costume Design

Appearances2

2010s

  1. 2017

    After Before

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    University, Inc.

    Self

Thanked in the credits4

2020s

  1. 2025

    September Says

    Thanks

2010s

  1. 2019

    Olla

    Thanks

  2. 2018

    Reneepoptosis

    Thanks

  3. 2016

    Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw)

    Thanks