Greek minister says filmmaker Costa Gavras has died at 85
Posted August 30, 2018 7:00 am
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's culture minister says Greek-French film director Costa Gavras has died in Paris at the age of 85.
Culture Minister Mysini Zorba announced the filmmaker's death in a post on Twitter, noting that Gavras died in France.
Gavras often tackled political issues in his films. He was best known for "Z," a 1969 film which was critical of the Greek dictatorship that ruled the country between 1967 and 1974.
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