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Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos (Greek: Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, translit. Giorgos Lanthimos; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. He received four Academy Award nominations for his work, including Best Foreign Language Film for Dogtooth (2009), Best Original Screenplay for The Lobster (2015), and Best Picture and Best Director for The Favourite (2018).

Lanthimos was born in Pangrati, Athens. He was raised mainly by his mother. His father, Antonis Lanthimos, was a professional basketball player who played for Pagrati B.C., Greece national basketball team and was also a basketball instructor at the Moraitis School. Having graduated from the Moraitis School he went on to study Business Administration and played for a period in Pagrati B.C. He eventually dropped out of everything and went on to study directing for film and television at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos (HCTSS) in Athens.