Athina Rachel Tsangari

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1966-03-31 (58 years old)

Place of Birth Athens, Greece

Also Known As Αθηνά Ραχήλ Τσαγγάρη, Athina Tsangari, Αθηνά Τσαγγάρη

Athina Rachel Tsangari

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

Director

2024
Harvest

as Director

2020
Trigonometry

as Director

2020
Upload

as Director

2017
After Before

as Director

2015
Chevalier

as Director

2013
The Benaki Museum

as Director

2013
2012
The Capsule

as Director

2010
Attenberg

as Director

2007
2

as Director

1994
Fit

as Director

Producer

2024
Harvest

as Producer

2023
Ladies in Waiting

as Producer

2021
Digger

as Producer

2018
Fireflies

as Co-Producer

2017
After Before

as Producer

2017
The Invisible Hands

as Executive Producer

2017
Preparation

as Producer

2013
Before Midnight

as Co-Producer

2013
2012
The Capsule

as Producer

2012
Pearblossom Hwy

as Producer

2011
Alps

as Producer

2010
Attenberg

as Producer

2010
Lovers of Hate

as Executive Producer

2009
Dogtooth

as Associate Producer

2007
2

as Producer

2007
Kinetta

as Producer

2006
Palestine Blues

as Producer

Writer

2024
Harvest

as Writer

2015
Chevalier

as Screenplay

2013
2013
24 Frames per Century

as Screenplay

2012
The Capsule

as Screenplay

2010
Attenberg

as Screenplay

Actor

2017
After Before

as Self

2013
Before Midnight

as Ariadni

1999
1991
Slacker

as Cousin from Greece

Crew

2019
Olla

as Thanks

2018
Reneepoptosis

as Thanks

2017
After Before

as Cinematography

Camera

2007
2

as Director of Photography

2007
2

as Camera Operator

Sound

2017
After Before

as Sound

2013
24 Frames per Century

as Sound Designer

Art

2013
24 Frames per Century

as Production Design

2012
The Capsule

as Art Direction

Editor

2006
Palestine Blues

as Editor

Costume & Make-Up

2012
The Capsule

as Costume Design